Francesca Da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta are punished together in the second circle for infidelity because Francesca was settled in marriage to Paolo’s brother, the crippled Gianciotto, but when Gianciotto found out that his brother and Francesca were performing adultery, he killed them both.

The tail of Minos is coiled around himself a number of times according to the circle of hell a special soul is condemned to. Minos, the monster, the magistrate of the underworld who checks the accounts of each individual sentenced to hell.Area: Upper Hell, the sins of incontinence, where the lustful dwell.Again, Dante sees many notable people from history and belief including Cleopatra, Tristan, Helen of Troy, and others who were unfaithful during their lifetime. Strong winds express the restlessness of a person who is driven by the desire for sensual pleasures. They are penalized by being blown furiously back and forth by strong winds, stopping them from finding peace and rest. In the Second Circle of Hell, Dante and his guide Virgil find people who were overwhelmed by lust. Allusions, Devices, Metaphors, Similes: Harrowing of Hell, when Christ descends in the days between his death and resurrection Aristotle, “the Philosopher.”.Punishment/ Contrapasso: Unbaptized/ virtuous pagans – struck with grief from a lack of god’s presence.Icons: Classical poets, Homer, Ovid, Lucan, and Horace characters from the Aeneid such as Aeneas and Lavinial the mathematician Euclid, and Ptolemy, the Astronomer.Area: Upper Hell, Limbo, were those that led virtuous lives but were unsaved dwell.Here, Dante sees many noticeable people from classical obsolescence such as Homer, Socrates, Aristotle, Cicero, Hippocrates, and Julius Caesar. They live in a palace with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues. Dantes Inferno 9 Circles of Hell 1st Circle of Hell (Limbo)ĭante’s First Circle of Hell is inhabited by virtuous non-Christians and unbaptized pagans who are punished forever in an inferior form of Heaven.

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