Dante (Circle 8) Latest Update with Verified Solutions

Dante (Circle 8) Latest Update with Verified Solutions Circle 8 Sin Sins of Fraud Ring 1 Sin Seducers and Panders Ring 1 Seducers and Panders Summary Dante and Virgil travel into circle 8 on Geryon and then walk down to see sinners being beaten by demons. Seducers and Panders are people who used their words for own use and would prey on people. They then talk to a few people but most sinners are too afraid to talk to Dante for he is not yet dead. Ring 1 Seducers and Panders Sin/ Contrapasso - The sinners are naked and being whipped by demons as they shuffle in a line. In their lives on Earth they controlled other people so now they are controlled by demons. - The flatterers are sunk up to their neck in excrement. What they said on earth were lies to get what they wanted so now they have to sit in the poop that came out of their mouths. Ring 2 Sin Flatterers Ring 2 Flatterers Sin/ Contrapasso - The flatterers are sunk up to their neck in excrement. What they said on earth were lies to get what they wanted so now they have to sit in the poop that came out of their mouths. Ring 3 Sin Simoniacs Ring 3 Simoniacs Summary Simony is the selling or buying of church offices. Dante and Virgil descend into this ring then meet Simon the sorcerer as well as Pope Nicholas III. This pope was renowned for simony and asks about future popes who will be below him in Hell. Ring 3 Simoniacs Sin/ Contrapasso The contrapasso is that the sinners used the Church for their own use making them have feet on fire. This is a reverse baptism because rather than them being sprinkled with holy water from their hands, the souls are being set on fire with only their feet sticking out. Ring 4 Sin Fortune tellers, magicians, etc. Ring 4 Diviners Summary Since God is the only one who can see into the future the sinners are put into this level of hell. Also the sinners possibly trying to cheat their destiny which is sinful. The mathematicians and scientists in this level are there because they were trying to disprove God on the topic of evolution which is also sinful. Ring 4 Diviners Sin/ Contrapasso Since the diviners wanted to see the future on Earth, they now have to turn their heads backward in Hell and can only see that way. Also since they were trying to clearly see into the future, the sinners are constantly weeping to create a blurred vision. Ring 5 Sin Barrartors Ring 5 Barrartors Summary Barrartors are people who profit off of the sale of public office. Dante and Virgil walk into ring 5 and see these big pits full of tar and sinners deep within the pits. They also see demons who are telling the sinners to stay in the pit unless they want to get stabbed. In order to get across a broken road Virgil and Dante must follow some demons but then eventually break away from them. Ring 5 Barrartors Sin/ Contrapasso The pit the sinners are within is full of pitch or tar. This is sticky and relates to the sinners because they have "sticky fingers". Also since the barrartors were corrupt politicians who had dark secrets and deals on earth, now they must boil in a dark pit as their punishment. Ring 6 Sin Hypocrites Ring 6 Hypocrites Summary Dante and Virgil walk into a chasm and see lots of people who are in cloaks. A hypocrite is someone who pretends to have virtues and morals that the person does not actually possess Ring 6 Hypocrites Sin/ Contrapasso The hypocrites have to walk around aimlessly around the circle in gilded cloaks that are made of lead underneath. The cloaks are beautiful on the outside but on the inside they are made of lead showing that the sinners can be beautiful on the outside but within they have low -moral standings. Ring 7 Sin Thievery Ring 7 Thievery Summary As Dante and Virgil walk into the next ring they see a ditch with souls and snakes in it. They eventually meet a few sinners who have been thieves on Earth. Ring 7 Thievery Sin/ Contrapasso -They stole objects with their hands which means their hands are tied behind their backs by snakes -They stole items from other people meaning they are transformed from their original appearance, their identity is stolen Ring 8 Sin False Counslers Ring 8 False Counselors Summary False Counselors are people who give false or misguided advice. They are often working for their own agenda and work in the shadows. Ring 8 False Counselors Sin/ Contrapasso -Since they gave false advice on earth they now are burning in tongues of flame -They are hidden in the flames similar to how they worked unseen on Earth Ring 9 Sin Schismatics Ring 9 Schismatics Summary The schismatics are people who promote division between people or parties. Dante and Virgil meet a few of these people who created division on Earth. Ring 9 Schismatics Sin/ Contrapasso The schismatics created feuds so they are cut from head to toe by demons as they walk around symbolizing the divisions they created and by the time their wounds have healed, they are cut again by the demons. This is similar to how the people created divisions on earth. Ring 10 Sin Counterfeits and falsifiers Ring 10 Counterfeits and falsifiers Summary To counterfeit is to be not genuine and to falsify is to make incorrect or to deceive. Ring 10 Counterfeits and falsifiers Sin/ Contrapasso They have a specific disease depending on their specific sin which they keep trying to scratch causing a major itch Circle 8 Sin and Symbolic animal Sins of fraud meaning leopard