3. Upper Hell
Sins of Incontinence
“those who sinned less by
dliberate choice of evil
than by failure to make
resolute choice of the
good” (101)
4. Canto VI Circle III-The Gluttonous
“When consciousness returned, which had shut
close/The doors of sense, leaving me stupefied/For
pity…..I am now in the Third Circle: that of rain-
/One ceaseless, heavy, cold, accursed quench…”
(line 4-8)
5. Cerber
us
Seen in stories of Homer
and Virgil as the guardian
of Hell
6. The Gluttonous
“These all lay groveling flat upon the sod;/ Only, as we
went by, a single shade/ Sat suddenly up, seeing us
pass that road.”(Line 37)
7. Ciacco-Florence Predictions
Predicts that strife will be in the future of Florence
There will be major battles and bloodshed
The Wood Party will fight and drive the others out
Last Judgment
“Though true perfection never can been/In these
damned souls, they’ll be more near complete/After
the judgment…”(line 109)
8. Corrupt
Clergymen, C
ardinals,
Popes
“More than elsewhere, I saw them thronged and pressed/This
side and that that, yelling with all their might/And shoving each
a great weight with his chest” (Line 28)
9. “And I, staring about with eyes intent,/Saw mud-
stained figures in the mire beneath,/Naked, with
looks of savage discontent..”(Line 109)
10. Two Types of Wrath
Active & Ferocious
Inflicting pain and destruction on others
Passive & Sullen
No joy in anything
