The sinnners of the 4th circle avarice are divided into two groups, spenders and hoarders. One of the prodigal is paired with one of the avaricious. They have to constantly roll boulders just to collide with the other. "Those money grubbing ones... And thse with hair closed- cropped to show they gave as they took-a two sided robbery..." One is in the way of the other, just like how they are complete opposites of each other in life. Their greed is so great that the boulder reflects their desire for material and they have to carry it with them for eternity. In the 5th circle, the wrathful are in mud. Those who were angry and violent in life fight each other, and the ones who held the anger in are stuck in the mud. "I have a mind, before we leave this festering soup bowl, to see it swallow him. "The mud represents the consummation of their minds. They lived with anger and it was clouding their minds, so the mud represented the wrath that drove them here and now they have to experience it forever. The angry have to fight the angry, and the sullen are constantly drowning in the mud just like how they suffered the pain of holding wrath in, so that they become engulfed by it and are never able to break free of the grasp that wrath has on them.
The 4th circle of hell those who are punished are hoarders, and spenders. These people both have the same relations which is greed. It's guarded by Plutus the Roman guard of wealth. These two groups are joined together as one, joust using as weapons great weights which they push with their chests. "with great howls Rolling weights forward by main force of chest. They clash together, and then at that point Each one turned backward Rolling retrograde, Crying, " why keepest? " and, " why squanderest " For the second group those who are angry and sullen (depressed) are stuck in a swamp like river. They cant move because they can't realize what they are doing to themselves. Un broken words cannot say. They don't understand their wrath that they have put them selves upon. " fixed in the mire they say; we sullen were in the sweet air, which by the sun is gladdened bearing within ourselves the sluggish reek." " thus we went circling around the filthy fen a great arc twixt the dry bank and the swamp with eyes turned unto those who gorge the mire"
In the first group Avarice there are two sins types of sins, spenders and hoarders. Both who have no account for others well-being. The punishment for these two are being so dirty that they are not recognizable to others. " See faces that i can identify, Famous for sins of avarice and waste? that thought is vain. in their dim sight they were disgraced. Here they are dimly seen, and must remain." In the second group there are also two sins, Angry and Sullen. The punishment for Anger would be having the sinners “hit each other, but with heads, chests, feet, and teeth. They bite each other to the bone” and for Sullen they just lying in this thick mud know that they can’t go anywhere .
In Dante’s novel Inferno, Avarice is described as one of the seven deadly sins. Avarice, meaning greed is split in two subgroups to describe spenders, people who make money to spend money, and hoarders, people who make money and are so obsessed with money that they keep and don’t spend the money they make. “Together, whereupon they turn about and shriek “Why pile it up?” and “Why waste cash?” and work in a half-circle to the point opposed, still giving out their spiteful yell, and turn to joust again”(Line 27-31 pg. 37 Alighieri). In canto seven, Avarice is categorized into the fourth circle of hell. The punishment for greedy people is that they had to push and roll around large weights in half circles always bumping into each other. Dante referred to this action of pushing rocks over and over again as “Semi Circle Joust”. The contrapasso of this canto is described as misuse of their fortune, therefor the sinners must move opposite directions around the circle, with heavy weights implying a burden of their wealth. Dante reserves the lower levels in hell for the worst sins, such as wrath. The definition of wrath is anger. In the fifth circle of hell, canto eight of Dante’s novel Inferno, there are punishments for the angry people, and the people that hold sullen inside of themselves. The wrathful sinners are located on the bank of the river Styx for their punishment and are constantly fighting mud. “Thus, then, the ancient prow, less high than usual since its cargo weighed much more than shadows, moved off, cutting all too deep into the muck”(Lines 24-27 pg. 41 Alighieri).The contrapasso for this circle is that they fight the mud because they could never manage anger well in their own life. The people that have sinned with self-hate, depression, and sullenness are stuck in the river, forever choking, with no way to the surface. “But know, too, there are those who lurk below the surface – from the bubbles you can gauge their number – who can let no anger flow, or anything else. Stuck in the mud, They croak: ‘In that sweet world the sun made glad, our hearts were stopped with a slow, smoking flood. In these dank depths we work at being sad.’ This is the chorus their clogged throats emit: The best that they can do”(Lines 119-129 pg. 39 Alighieri). The contrapasso for this sin is fitting because in life they were not able to enjoy their freedoms, so now they are stuck below the surface.
In the reading of canto seven and canto eight, the people that committed avarice and wrath are punished in the fourth and fifth circle of hell. Each circle has two separate groups of people with different punishments that are suitable for their sins. In the fourth circle of hell, there are the people that committed avarice. This circle is guarded by Plutus, an infernal hybrid creature. Plutus is often represented as the god of underworld. In the first group if people in this circle are the ones that committed avarice in the spending way. Their punishment is to knock great rocks together for eternity on the one half of the circle. As for the people that are hoarders, they have the same punishment. They basically knock the rocks at each other group of people' rocks in the middle of the circle. While doing that they yell at each other. "Together, whereupon they turn about and shriek 'why pile it up?' and 'why waste cash?'" (p. 37). In the fifth circle of hell, it is reserved for the people that committed wrath. There are also two groups of people; one for the people that are angry at others people or thing and the other for the people that are angry at themselves internally. In this circle, the two groups represent two different forms of the same sin. Each group in the circle has distinct punishment. The people that committed the wrath of anger have to ruthlessly attack each other for eternity. "His rages at his own inanity. And there are others up there of the same persuasion they are kings. They, too, will be pigs in this filthy sty, and leave behind nothing but curses rained up the hole their swelled heads filled" (p. 41). As for the people that committed wrath in the repressed way are punished by stewing below the muddy swamp. "And soon, as if they fed a hunger, we saw men like muddy fish" (p. 41).
The sinnners of the 4th circle avarice are divided into two groups, spenders and hoarders. One of the prodigal is paired with one of the avaricious. They have to constantly roll boulders just to collide with the other. "Those money grubbing ones... And thse with hair closed- cropped to show they gave as they took-a two sided robbery..." One is in the way of the other, just like how they are complete opposites of each other in life. Their greed is so great that the boulder reflects their desire for material and they have to carry it with them for eternity.
ReplyDeleteIn the 5th circle, the wrathful are in mud. Those who were angry and violent in life fight each other, and the ones who held the anger in are stuck in the mud. "I have a mind, before we leave this festering soup bowl, to see it swallow him. "The mud represents the consummation of their minds. They lived with anger and it was clouding their minds, so the mud represented the wrath that drove them here and now they have to experience it forever. The angry have to fight the angry, and the sullen are constantly drowning in the mud just like how they suffered the pain of holding wrath in, so that they become engulfed by it and are never able to break free of the grasp that wrath has on them.
The 4th circle of hell those who are punished are hoarders, and spenders. These people both have the same relations which is greed. It's guarded by Plutus the Roman guard of wealth. These two groups are joined together as one, joust using as weapons great weights which they push with their chests. "with great howls Rolling weights forward by main force of chest. They clash together, and then at that point Each one turned backward Rolling retrograde, Crying, " why keepest? " and, " why squanderest " For the second group those who are angry and sullen (depressed) are stuck in a swamp like river. They cant move because they can't realize what they are doing to themselves. Un broken words cannot say. They don't understand their wrath that they have put them selves upon. " fixed in the mire they say; we sullen were in the sweet air, which by the sun is gladdened bearing within ourselves the sluggish reek." " thus we went circling around the filthy fen a great arc twixt the dry bank and the swamp with eyes turned unto those who gorge the mire"
ReplyDeleteIn the first group Avarice there are two sins types of sins, spenders and hoarders. Both who have no account for others well-being. The punishment for these two are being so dirty that they are not recognizable to others. " See faces that i can identify, Famous for sins of avarice and waste? that thought is vain. in their dim sight they were disgraced. Here they are dimly seen, and must remain." In the second group there are also two sins, Angry and Sullen. The punishment for Anger would be having the sinners “hit each other, but with heads, chests, feet, and teeth. They bite each other to the bone” and for Sullen they just lying in this thick mud know that they can’t go anywhere .
ReplyDeleteIn Dante’s novel Inferno, Avarice is described as one of the seven deadly sins. Avarice, meaning greed is split in two subgroups to describe spenders, people who make money to spend money, and hoarders, people who make money and are so obsessed with money that they keep and don’t spend the money they make. “Together, whereupon they turn about and shriek “Why pile it up?” and “Why waste cash?” and work in a half-circle to the point opposed, still giving out their spiteful yell, and turn to joust again”(Line 27-31 pg. 37 Alighieri). In canto seven, Avarice is categorized into the fourth circle of hell. The punishment for greedy people is that they had to push and roll around large weights in half circles always bumping into each other. Dante referred to this action of pushing rocks over and over again as “Semi Circle Joust”. The contrapasso of this canto is described as misuse of their fortune, therefor the sinners must move opposite directions around the circle, with heavy weights implying a burden of their wealth.
ReplyDeleteDante reserves the lower levels in hell for the worst sins, such as wrath. The definition of wrath is anger. In the fifth circle of hell, canto eight of Dante’s novel Inferno, there are punishments for the angry people, and the people that hold sullen inside of themselves. The wrathful sinners are located on the bank of the river Styx for their punishment and are constantly fighting mud. “Thus, then, the ancient prow, less high than usual since its cargo weighed much more than shadows, moved off, cutting all too deep into the muck”(Lines 24-27 pg. 41 Alighieri).The contrapasso for this circle is that they fight the mud because they could never manage anger well in their own life. The people that have sinned with self-hate, depression, and sullenness are stuck in the river, forever choking, with no way to the surface. “But know, too, there are those who lurk below the surface – from the bubbles you can gauge their number – who can let no anger flow, or anything else. Stuck in the mud, They croak: ‘In that sweet world the sun made glad, our hearts were stopped with a slow, smoking flood. In these dank depths we work at being sad.’ This is the chorus their clogged throats emit: The best that they can do”(Lines 119-129 pg. 39 Alighieri). The contrapasso for this sin is fitting because in life they were not able to enjoy their freedoms, so now they are stuck below the surface.
In the reading of canto seven and canto eight, the people that committed avarice and wrath are punished in the fourth and fifth circle of hell. Each circle has two separate groups of people with different punishments that are suitable for their sins.
ReplyDeleteIn the fourth circle of hell, there are the people that committed avarice. This circle is guarded by Plutus, an infernal hybrid creature. Plutus is often represented as the god of underworld. In the first group if people in this circle are the ones that committed avarice in the spending way. Their punishment is to knock great rocks together for eternity on the one half of the circle. As for the people that are hoarders, they have the same punishment. They basically knock the rocks at each other group of people' rocks in the middle of the circle. While doing that they yell at each other. "Together, whereupon they turn about and shriek 'why pile it up?' and 'why waste cash?'" (p. 37).
In the fifth circle of hell, it is reserved for the people that committed wrath. There are also two groups of people; one for the people that are angry at others people or thing and the other for the people that are angry at themselves internally. In this circle, the two groups represent two different forms of the same sin. Each group in the circle has distinct punishment. The people that committed the wrath of anger have to ruthlessly attack each other for eternity. "His rages at his own inanity. And there are others up there of the same persuasion they are kings. They, too, will be pigs in this filthy sty, and leave behind nothing but curses rained up the hole their swelled heads filled" (p. 41). As for the people that committed wrath in the repressed way are punished by stewing below the muddy swamp. "And soon, as if they fed a hunger, we saw men like muddy fish" (p. 41).