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About the Book The Inferno
Imagine a world where every sin has its own unique punishment, where the souls of the damned are tormented in ways that reflect their earthly misdeeds. This is the world Dante Alighieri creates in his epic poem, The Inferno. Written in the early 14th century, The Inferno is part of Dante's larger work, The Divine Comedy, which also includes Purgatorio and Paradiso.
The Inferno begins with Dante, the protagonist, lost in a dark wood. He is frightened and disoriented, symbolizing a crisis of faith. Just when all seems hopeless, he encounters the Roman poet Virgil, who has been sent by Beatrice, Dante's ideal woman, to guide him. Virgil explains that the only way out of the dark wood is through Hell itself, and thus begins their harrowing journey.
The structure of Hell in The Inferno is divided into nine concentric circles, each representing different sins and their corresponding punishments. The first circle is Limbo, where virtuous non-Christians reside. The second circle is for the lustful, who are blown about by strong winds, symbolizing their uncontrolled desires. The third circle punishes gluttons who lie in a vile slush, symbolic of their overindulgence.
Further down, the fourth circle is for the greedy, who are forced to push heavy weights against each other. The fifth circle punishes the wrathful, who fight each other on the surface of the River Styx, and the sullen, who lie gurgling beneath it. The sixth circle is for heretics, trapped in flaming tombs. The seventh circle, composed of three rings, punishes those guilty of violence against others, themselves, and God.
The eighth circle, known as the Malebolge, is divided into ten ditches, each punishing different types of fraud. The ninth and final circle is a frozen lake called Cocytus, reserved for traitors. At the very center of Hell, Satan himself is imprisoned in ice, eternally gnawing on Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius, the greatest traitors in history according to Dante.
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