FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Wrathful
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Gluttonous
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Lustful
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Treacherous
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Detailed explanation-1: -The final layer of the Ninth Circle is the worst and is for people who have betrayed their masters; benefactors, or people who have supported them; or God. It’s called Judecca, named for Judas, who betrayed Christ in the Bible.
Detailed explanation-2: -Brutus, Cassius and Judas To Dante, these three men were the ultimate betrayers of humanity, as they caused the fall of Caesar and the fall of Christ. All three are punished by being continually chewed on by Lucifer himself (Inferno, 34.61-6).
Detailed explanation-3: -In Dante’s imagined descent through hell, he reserved the Ninth Circle-the “lowest, blackest, and farthest from Heaven”-for the sin of treachery. The worst sinners, in his underworld, were the traitors-those who betrayed their loved ones, their country, and their God.
Detailed explanation-4: -In this circle are punished people who used fraud against those with whom they had no special bond of trust (simple fraud). Dante names the eighth circle of Hell ‘Malebolge’, which could roughly be translated as ‘evil-sacks’.
Detailed explanation-5: -First Circle: Limbo. The first circle is home to the unbaptized and virtuous pagans. Second Circle: Lust. Third Circle: Gluttony. Fourth Circle: Greed. Fifth Circle: Anger. Sixth Circle: Heresy. Seventh Circle: Violence. Eighth Circle: Fraud. More items