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  2. Second circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    Punishment of the sinners in the second circle of hell is an example of Dantean contrapasso. Inspired jointly by the biblical Old Testament and the works of ancient Roman writers, contrapasso is a recurring theme in the Divine Comedy , in which a soul's fate in the afterlife mirrors the sins committed in life; here the restless, unreasoning ...

  3. Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia

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    The deeper levels are organised into one circle for violence (Circle 7) and two circles for fraud (Circles 8 and 9). As a Christian, Dante adds Circle 1 (Limbo) to Upper Hell and Circle 6 (Heresy) to Lower Hell, making 9 Circles in total; incorporating the Vestibule of the Futile, this leads to Hell containing 10 main divisions. [26]

  4. Malebolge - Wikipedia

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    In Dante's version of Hell, categories of sin are punished in different circles, with the depth of the circle (and placement within that circle) symbolic of the amount of punishment to be inflicted. Sinners placed in the upper circles of Hell are given relatively minor punishments, while sinners in the depths of Hell endure far greater torments.

  5. Contrapasso - Wikipedia

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    The Contrapasso of the sorcerers, astrologers, and false prophets, illustrated by Stradanus. In Dante's Inferno, contrapasso (or, in modern Italian, [1] contrappasso, from Latin contra and patior, meaning "suffer the opposite") is the punishment of souls "by a process either resembling or contrasting with the sin itself."

  6. First circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    Inferno depicts a vision of hell divided into nine concentric circles, each home to souls guilty of a particular class of sin. [3] Led by his guide, the Roman poet Virgil, Dante enters the first circle of hell in Inferno 's Canto IV. The first circle is Limbo, the resting place of souls who "never sinned" but whose "merit falls far short". [4]

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    Another woman wrote that Summerlin subjected her to "relentless torture day after day," and described the ordeal as an "unimaginable nightmare" that felt like she was "living in hell." Pain. Fear ...

  8. The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides

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    The harpies in Dante's version feed from the leaves of oak trees, which entomb suicides.At the time Canto XIII (or The Wood of Suicides) was written, suicide was considered by the Catholic Church as at least equivalent to murder and a contravention of the Commandment "Thou shalt not kill", and many theologians believed it to be an even deeper sin than murder, as it constituted a rejection of ...

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    Donald Trump has sparked criticism over bizarre remarks that he was “the apple of Putin’s eye” as European Union diplomats have voiced fears of a potential win in the 2024 US Presidential ...