Monday, March 4, 2013

Dantes Inferno Canto Analysis

In Dante's hell, everyone goes there, even him, because we all commit some form of sin: stealing, lying, cheating, trying to look into the future, or harming another human. Hell, I'd even go there! I've lied before, but who hasn't?! Now, in some cantos, the sinner is shown as roasting in their own individual fires for committing fraud, but hey, that's not very clever. What is clever is Canto 20 though, where the fortune tellers and the philosophers, have their heads turned backwards, so they can only see what is behind them. I think that is so clever because it punishes them not so much as physical pain, but now they can't look into the future. But Canto 23 is clever as well, the hypocrite wear extravagant robes, but on the inside, it is lined with led, leading them to slouch.

                                 I chose to show canto 23, the hypocrites, because I thought Dante was clever in his punishment

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