Dante's Inferno | Canto 11 Summary & Analysis

[Music] in canto 11 of Inferno our intrepid duo is still in the sixth circle walking along the edge of another deep stinking abyss virgil advises they rest and get used to the smell they stop near the tomb of Pope Anastasia's Virgil explains in greater detail the structure of the remaining circles of Hell which are divided into rings the seventh circle is for those whose sin is violence it's further divided into those who were violent against others those violent against themselves and those violent against God the eighth circle is for hypocrites flattering liars and others who betrayed the trust that comes naturally to people the ninth last circle is for those who betrayed their family country guests and benefactors Virgil explains that the worst punishments in Hell are reserved for the types of sins that offended God most the fraudulent are punished in Hell's deepest worst circles he also explains that usury is a sin because humans were meant to make their living from art the work of their own hands usurers make money for money and they score in God's ways the poet's make their way down the cliff into the seventh circle in this little break Dante and Virgil teacher-student relationship is firmly established and when Dante asks questions Virgil obliges he lays out a verbal map of Hell so Dante has some sense of what is going to happen as well as a general principle that the lower you descend into hell the worse that is going to get the further down they go the further they are from God how much worse can he'll get turns out a lot worse

Channel: Course Hero

Views: 60,486

Keywords: divine comedy, Dante's Inferno, Canto 11 summary, Dante's Inferno Canto 11, dante's inferno, Inferno, dantes inferno, Dante

Id: 750y_S6B9lU

Length: 1min 42sec (102 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 04 2017