4. About the author
Durante Degli Alighieri
• Born Mid May to mid-June, c.1265 Florence,
Republic of Florence
• Died September 13/14,1321
[aged about 56]
Ravenna, Papal States
5. About the author
• Occupation : Statesman, poet, language
theorist, political theorist
• Nationality : Italian
• Period : Late Middle Ages
• Literary movement : Doice Stil Novo
6. INTRODUCTION
Dante’s inferno tells the story of Dante and
Virgil’s exciting journey through all circles of
hell. He describes the nine stages of hell in
this poem.
7. The seven deadly sins
• Lust
• Gluttony
• Avarice
• Sloth
• Anger
• Envy
• Pride
8.
9. Limbo
circle I
• The first circle of hell is reserved for people
who were not exactly sinful, but did not
accept Christ for who they thought he was.
• Members of this circle include Julius Caesar,
Socrates, Aristotle, and Virgil himself.
10. CIRCLE II
Lust
• The second circle of hell includes the people
let lust get a hold of them.
• Members of this circle include Cleopatra
Helen of Troy, and Achilles.
11. CIRCLE III
Gluttony
• The third circle is for the gluttons
and poetically are damned to a place
that was like what they made their
lifestyle like.
12. CIRCLE IV
Avarice
The fourth circle is four people who strived for
avarice or the need of material money , and
expensive goods
13. CIRCLE V
Wrath and Sloth
The fifth circle of hell is for people who are
doomed to dwell in the river Styx, fighting to
the top , with the thousands of others for air.
14. CIRCLE VI
Heresy
• The sixth circle of hell is for the people who didn’t believe in
life after death, heaven or hell.
• This includes the followers of Epicurus.
15. CIRCLE VII
violence
• This circle is divided into three parts. Three
parts for violence against people or property,
violence to self, or violence to god.
• Members of this circle include Frederick II and
Brunetto Latini.
16. CIRCLE VIII
Fraud
• The second to last circle is divided into eight
parts. The different parts include pimps,
thieves, counterfeiters, and perjurers to name a
few.
• This circle includes people like Ulysses,
Muhammad and Jason from Jason and the
Argonauts.
17. CIRCLE IX
Treason
• The final circle of hell is divided into four
levels and is for people who commit treason.
• Satan is in this ring wrist deep in ice, with
Brutus, Cassius and Judas in each of his three
heads mouths.
