Third Circle:
Area:
Upper Hell, sins of
incontinence, where the Gluttonous dwell
Located In Canto: VI
Icons:
-Cerberus, the mythical three-headed dog from
Virgil’s Aeneid, who guards the way,
and is dealt with by Virgil who throws a handful of dirt into the beast’s mouth.
-Ciacco, a Florentine man, perhaps known of by Dante, notorious
for committing the sin of gluttony
Events:
-Dante is revived in the third circle of Hell, which is devoted
to the gluttonous. Heavy rain, now freezing, still falls, but consists of filth
and excrement that fills the air with a dreadful stench.
-Cerberus, the three-headed dog stops Dante and
Virgil from continuing on their path, so Virgil takes a great handful of earth
and throws it into the jaws of the hungry beast, and they pass.
-One gluttonous soul calls out to Dante to see if he will be
recognized. It is Ciacco, a Florentine man, who on Dante’s request provides a
prophesy filled with conflict for future Florentine political affairs.
-Dante seeks information about specific figures in Florence’s
past political endeavors who may have indeed had good intentions. Ciacco informs
Dante that those certain individuals actually reside further down in hell.
-When Dante and Virgil are exiting the third
circle, Dante seeks information from Virgil about how the punishments of these
souls will be changed at the Last Judgment, at which Virgil answers that their
punishments will be perfected more since creation, too, will be made
perfect.
Punishment/Contrapasso:
Gluttons-forced to lie on the ground in sewage as they are bombarded with cold rain,
hail, and black snow, tormented by Cerberus
Allusions, Devices, Metaphors, Similes:
The Politics of Florence (1300s), with the political division of the Black
and White Guelph factions, Dante’s resulting exile (1302-1321); the Last
Judgment, with reference to the “sound of the angelic trumpet,” and the “hostile
judge” in lines 94-96
Area:
Upper Hell, sins of
incontinence, where the Gluttonous dwell
Located In Canto: VI
Icons:
-Cerberus, the mythical three-headed dog from
Virgil’s Aeneid, who guards the way,
and is dealt with by Virgil who throws a handful of dirt into the beast’s mouth.
-Ciacco, a Florentine man, perhaps known of by Dante, notorious
for committing the sin of gluttony
Events:
-Dante is revived in the third circle of Hell, which is devoted
to the gluttonous. Heavy rain, now freezing, still falls, but consists of filth
and excrement that fills the air with a dreadful stench.
-Cerberus, the three-headed dog stops Dante and
Virgil from continuing on their path, so Virgil takes a great handful of earth
and throws it into the jaws of the hungry beast, and they pass.
-One gluttonous soul calls out to Dante to see if he will be
recognized. It is Ciacco, a Florentine man, who on Dante’s request provides a
prophesy filled with conflict for future Florentine political affairs.
-Dante seeks information about specific figures in Florence’s
past political endeavors who may have indeed had good intentions. Ciacco informs
Dante that those certain individuals actually reside further down in hell.
-When Dante and Virgil are exiting the third
circle, Dante seeks information from Virgil about how the punishments of these
souls will be changed at the Last Judgment, at which Virgil answers that their
punishments will be perfected more since creation, too, will be made
perfect.
Punishment/Contrapasso:
Gluttons-forced to lie on the ground in sewage as they are bombarded with cold rain,
hail, and black snow, tormented by Cerberus
Allusions, Devices, Metaphors, Similes:
The Politics of Florence (1300s), with the political division of the Black
and White Guelph factions, Dante’s resulting exile (1302-1321); the Last
Judgment, with reference to the “sound of the angelic trumpet,” and the “hostile
judge” in lines 94-96