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Generally, circle seven is home to what sins?
Violence
Who are the sinners in circle 7, round 1?
The Violent Against Neighbors
In Round 1 Circle 7 what is the name of the boiling river of blood?
Phlegethon
The sinners in circle 7 round 1 are all doomed to what?
Being submerged, according to their guilt, in the Phlegethon
who guards the sinners in circle 7, round 1?
The Minotaur and the Centaurs
Why are the minotaur and centaurs' appropriate guards?
They are part beast and part human
Who are the sinners in circle 7, round 2?
The Violent Against Themselves
Due to the sinners in circle 7, round 2 destroying their own bodies, they manifest as what in hell?
Trees
How are the sinners in circle 7, round 2 able to communicate?
Only through pain and suffering
Who are the guards for circle 7, round 2?
The Harpies
Who are the sinners in circle 7, round 3?
The violent against God
Dante splits the violent against God into three groups what are they?
1. the Blasphemers
2. the Sodomites
3. the Usures
How are the blasphemers made to suffer?
Being stretched out upon the ground while fire snows falls on them
How are the Sodomites made to suffer?
They can never stop moving (or lie for 100 years under the fire snow)
How are the Usures made to suffer?
By looking at great purses of money, but not being able to use it
When the three Florntines speak with Dante, how does he treat them?
Respectfully
The desert that the Blasphemers, Sodomites, and Usurers are in representative of:
Infertility
Who or What helps Virgil and Dante into the Eighth Circle of Hell?
Geryon
The Eighth Circle of Hell is home to sinners that have....
committed simple fraud
Each type of sinner is housed in what?
A bolgia
Which sinners do Dante and Virgil encounter in the First Bolgia?
The Panderers and Seducers
Who guards the Panderers and Seducers and what is their punishment?
Horned Demons, and they are whipped while they walk in line in opposite directions
Why is being whipped by horned demons and being made to walk in a line appropriate for these sinners?
It represents slavery
What sinners are in circle 8, bolgia 2?
The Flatterers
How are the Flatterers punished?
They must walk through a river of poop
What sinners are in circle 8, bolgia 3?
the Simoniacs
How are the Simoniacs punished?
They are placed headfirst into a hole and their feet are burning
what sinners are in circle 8, bolgia 4?
The Diviners and Fortune Tellers
What is the punishment for the Diviners and Fortune Tellers?
Their heads are put on backwards, so they can only look to the past
How does Dante react upon seeing the Diviners and the Fortune Tellers?
He feels great pity and cries
Why does Virgil rebuke Dante and his show of pity?
We must harden our hearts to sin