The paradoxical regulations of the inferno condemn individuals, like the ones Dante encounters, to limbo regardless of their successes because of a choice they were unable to possibly make. Dante meets significant historical figures like Horace, Virgil, Socrates, and Plato who, despite their triumphs, are placed in limbo because they were alive before the time of Christ. In the narrator’s depiction, the souls who arrive are those who did not receive Christ or live a pious Christian life Individuals who were never granted the opportunity to become baptized or had lived absent of Christian principles were placed in this circle because, at the time, it was not seen as the right way of living.

3.The first circle of hell in Dante’s account has certain rules in place for who is subjected to an afterlife in limbo.

Punishment: turned into trees and bushes which are fed upon by harpies.

Middle ring: violent against self (suicides)

Punishment: sunk into a river of boiling blood and fire.

Outer ring: violent against others/property.

Circle One: Limbo Inhabitants: non-Christians and unbaptized pagans Punishment: eternity in an inferior form of HeavenĬircle Two: Lust Inhabitants: those ruled by physical desire Punishment: blown violently back and forth by strong winds, preventing them to find peace and restĬircle Three: Gluttony Inhabitants: excessive indulgers (eating/drinking) Punishment: forced to lie in a vile slush that is produced by never-ending icy rainĬircle Four: Greed Inhabitants: those who hoarded possessions and those who lavishly spent Punishment: the two groups joust, using as weapons great weights which they push with their chestsĬircle Five: Wrath Inhabitants: the angry and sullen Punishment: the wrathful fight each other on the surface of the river Styx and the sullen gurgle beneath the surfaceĬircle Six: Heresy Inhabitants: those who doubted or denied the Christian faith Punishment: condemned to eternity in flaming tombs

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