Punishment in Dante’s Inferno
Getting What They Deserve: Punishment in Dante’s Inferno
Dante’s The Inferno is his own interpretation of the circles of hell. The people that Dante places in hell tried to validate their offenses and have never seen the injustice of their crime or crimes. They were each placed in a specific circle in Hell, Dante has nine circles in his hell. Each circle holds those accountable for that specific crime. Each circle has its own unique and fitting punishment for the crime committed. There are three different main types of offenses; they are incontinence, violence, and fraud. These offenses are divided into Dante’s nine rings of Hell. Each of these rings has a progressively worse punishment, starting with crimes of passion and ending with crimes of fraud. The self-centered crimes are in rings one through five, the violent crimes are held in rings six through eight, and ring nine holds the fraudulent criminals.
The people contained in the first five rings of Hell failed to restrain themselves. The punishments for these crimes are nonviolent except for the wrathful. The souls in the first ring oh Hell gave into the temptation of another religion and now only grieve their choice of non-Christianity. The second ring of Hell holds the persons that lusted after another and committed adultery. The punishment in the second ring is a continuous storm that blows the souls in a non stop circle to symbolize the lustful’s ability to throw other’s feelings wildly around. The gluttons are in the third circle, their punishment is to lie in rank sludge comprised of black snow and freezing rain to symbolize the slobbery of their life on earth. The fourth circle contains the sinners who had greater concern for materials than anything else; the hoarders and squanderers are performing the opposite action that they carried out on earth. The deceased are punished by moving heavy weights back and forth; the hoarders are pushing the rocks out of the center and the
Dante’s The Inferno is his own interpretation of the circles of hell. The people that Dante places in hell tried to validate their offenses and have never seen the injustice of their crime or crimes. They were each placed in a specific circle in Hell, Dante has nine circles in his hell. Each circle holds those accountable for that specific crime. Each circle has its own unique and fitting punishment for the crime committed. There are three different main types of offenses; they are incontinence, violence, and fraud. These offenses are divided into Dante’s nine rings of Hell. Each of these rings has a progressively worse punishment, starting with crimes of passion and ending with crimes of fraud. The self-centered crimes are in rings one through five, the violent crimes are held in rings six through eight, and ring nine holds the fraudulent criminals.
The people contained in the first five rings of Hell failed to restrain themselves. The punishments for these crimes are nonviolent except for the wrathful. The souls in the first ring oh Hell gave into the temptation of another religion and now only grieve their choice of non-Christianity. The second ring of Hell holds the persons that lusted after another and committed adultery. The punishment in the second ring is a continuous storm that blows the souls in a non stop circle to symbolize the lustful’s ability to throw other’s feelings wildly around. The gluttons are in the third circle, their punishment is to lie in rank sludge comprised of black snow and freezing rain to symbolize the slobbery of their life on earth. The fourth circle contains the sinners who had greater concern for materials than anything else; the hoarders and squanderers are performing the opposite action that they carried out on earth. The deceased are punished by moving heavy weights back and forth; the hoarders are pushing the rocks out of the center and the