Represents the gluttons’ selfishness and coldness. Overindulges in food, drink, and otherworldly pleasures, while the inability to see others lying nearby The vile slush symbolizes personal degradation of one who That is produced by never-ending icy rain. Sinners in this circle of Hell are punished by being forced to lie in a vile slush When reaching the Third Circle of Hell, Dante and Virgil find souls of gluttons who are overlooked by a Third Circle (Gluttony) Dante and Virgil among the gluttons Troy, and others who were adulterous during their lifetime. Strong winds symbolize the restlessness of a person who is led by the desire for fleshly pleasures.Īgain, Dante sees many notable people from history and mythology including Cleopatra, Tristan, Helen of Punished by being blown violently back and forth by strong winds, preventing them from finding peace and In the Second Circle of Hell, Dante and his companion Virgil find people who were overcome by lust. Second Circle (Lust) Paolo kissing Francesca Here, Dante sees many prominent people from classical antiquity such as Homer, Socrates,Īristotle, Cicero, Hippocrates, and Julius Caesar. They live in a castle with seven gates which symbolize Punished with eternity in an inferior form of Heaven. First Circle (Limbo) Dante among the great poets of antiquity in Limboĭante’s First Circle of Hell is resided by virtuous non-Christians and unbaptized pagans who are Journey into the underworld or the 9 Circles of Hell. Is rescued by the Roman poet Virgil who is sent by Beatrice (Dante's ideal woman). The poet himself) being lost in a dark wood where he is attacked by three beasts which he cannot escape.
The story begins with the narrator (who is Inferno, the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy that inspired the latest Dan Brown'sīestseller of the same title describes the poet's vision of Hell.
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