FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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They are punished with whips and bridles.
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They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs.
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They have their eyes sewn shut with wire.
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They must walk through thick smoke.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the first vice punished in Purgatory, pride is the most serious of the forgivable sins. As punishment for pride, penitents have to carry such heavy weights that their heads are bent down, rendering them unable to challenge anyone with their defiant eyes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The only punishment mentioned was fire. One important part of the standard view of Purgatory in Dante’s day was that, after death, it was no longer possible to have freedom of choice. This meant that the souls in Purgatory were not expected to become morally better: it was too late for that.
Detailed explanation-3: -Seventh Stage (Avarice) Their punishment is to lie on the floor, face down, with their hands and feet bound together. The souls are being punished and purged for desiring material goods with extravagance, greed, or ambition.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Dante’s Inferno, contrapasso (or, in modern Italian, 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.” A similar process occurs in the Purgatorio.