The Contrapasso in Dante's "Inferno".

Date Submitted: 12/28/1999 06:28:02
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 4 pages (963 words)
The Contrapasso in Dante's Inferno Circle of the Malevolent As we enter, I immediately felt ill from the humidity and indispictable odour of burnt flesh that fills the air. The walls and grounds are covered with big pearls, dripping with a thick substance of the colour red. With a further glance, I realize each pearl has a dark circle on its surface and these are eyeballs. An endless line of naked sinners stand close by …
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…should be situated in the circle between the violent and the fraudulent, since their sin is against love. The story of Vittoria mentions this when she says her friend who was violent against others now lies in the circle above hers, boiling in others' blood. We can see also see that they are close to the bottom of hell, because it is evident that Dante is more matured and controls his sympathy for the sinners.
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