Dante. Inferno Canto 5-8
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Inferno. Canto 5-8
Two weeks worth of Dante - he traveled second to fifth circle. A lot of punishment here in upper hell seems to be weather related - hurricane, rain, hail, mud and swamp.
Second Circle - sin: lust punishment: spun in the hurricane
I was initially puzzled how Dido or Cleopatra were there since they were born before Christ. And then it occurred to me that only those that would have gone to Heaven otherwise were in Limbo and those with 'sin' get to be in Hell anywhere even though they never knew nor believed in Christian afterlife. Doesn't seem very fair for anyone who just happened to be born before Christ.
I am definitely more affected by the stories of the sinners, much more so than when I was younger. Dante seems to faint a lot.
Third Circle - sin: gluttony punishment: lying down in the rain and mud, being ripped apart by Cerberus.
The dog part would terrify me. The rain also sounds pretty gross.
Fourth Circle - sin: avarice and prodigal (the opposites but both bad) punishment: rolling weights in opposite directions, meeting up and yelling at each other
Doesn't seem as terrible as other punishments. Even Dante spends the least time here and goes to fifth circle pretty quickly.
Fifth Circle - sin: wrathful and sullen punishment: wrathful are stuck in muddy waters of Styx fighting each other and tearing each other to pieces (so, wrestling, I guess), while the sullen are buried under the water. Bear identifies with the sullen here and was wondering if that would be his circle. But then he is a good person overall - so maybe purgatory for him if I believed in the afterlife in any way. (I don't. I never believed in the afterlife. I think we just stop. Mingle with the universe). Dante comes to the city of Dis where angels deny Virgil entry and hurry to lock the door. That sequence was a little funny. First Dante is horrified by the prospect of being left alone. Then once the angels agree to hear Virgil out, they 'scrambled fast' to just lock the city gates. Before that Dante is pretty cruel about the fate of his personal enemy Filippo. "I saw the muddy sinners so dismember him that even now I praise and thank God for it." (6.58-60)
at one point Virgil puts his arms around Dante and kisses him "he threw his arms around my neck and kissed my face and said" (6.43-44)- how I am not supposed to slash that.
Inferno. Canto 5-8
Two weeks worth of Dante - he traveled second to fifth circle. A lot of punishment here in upper hell seems to be weather related - hurricane, rain, hail, mud and swamp.
Second Circle - sin: lust punishment: spun in the hurricane
I was initially puzzled how Dido or Cleopatra were there since they were born before Christ. And then it occurred to me that only those that would have gone to Heaven otherwise were in Limbo and those with 'sin' get to be in Hell anywhere even though they never knew nor believed in Christian afterlife. Doesn't seem very fair for anyone who just happened to be born before Christ.
I am definitely more affected by the stories of the sinners, much more so than when I was younger. Dante seems to faint a lot.
Third Circle - sin: gluttony punishment: lying down in the rain and mud, being ripped apart by Cerberus.
The dog part would terrify me. The rain also sounds pretty gross.
Fourth Circle - sin: avarice and prodigal (the opposites but both bad) punishment: rolling weights in opposite directions, meeting up and yelling at each other
Doesn't seem as terrible as other punishments. Even Dante spends the least time here and goes to fifth circle pretty quickly.
Fifth Circle - sin: wrathful and sullen punishment: wrathful are stuck in muddy waters of Styx fighting each other and tearing each other to pieces (so, wrestling, I guess), while the sullen are buried under the water. Bear identifies with the sullen here and was wondering if that would be his circle. But then he is a good person overall - so maybe purgatory for him if I believed in the afterlife in any way. (I don't. I never believed in the afterlife. I think we just stop. Mingle with the universe). Dante comes to the city of Dis where angels deny Virgil entry and hurry to lock the door. That sequence was a little funny. First Dante is horrified by the prospect of being left alone. Then once the angels agree to hear Virgil out, they 'scrambled fast' to just lock the city gates. Before that Dante is pretty cruel about the fate of his personal enemy Filippo. "I saw the muddy sinners so dismember him that even now I praise and thank God for it." (6.58-60)
at one point Virgil puts his arms around Dante and kisses him "he threw his arms around my neck and kissed my face and said" (6.43-44)- how I am not supposed to slash that.