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Who are the souls tortured in this Canto?

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The souls tortured in this Canto III of hell are the opportunists.

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri is an example of a Canto, specifically having 100 cantos.  

Facts about the Divine Comedy - Inferno:

  • The Inferno or "Hell" where the Canto III belongs is the first part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy in the 14th century.
  • It is followed by Purgatorio (purgatory) and Paradiso (paradise).
  • It is an allegory telling the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil.
  • In the poem, Hell is depicted as composed of nine circles of suffering located within the Earth.
  • Generally, the poem Divine Comedy is an allegorical representation of the journey of the souls toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.

Nine circles of Hell  and the Souls tortured in each circles

  1. First Circle (Limbo)
  2. Second Circle (Lust)
  3. Third Circle (Gluttony)
  4. Fourth Circle (Greed)
  5. Fifth Circle (Anger)
  6. Sixth Circle (Heresy)
  7. Seventh Circle (Violence)
  8. Eighth Circle (Fraud)
  9. Ninth Circle (Treachery)

Canto III

In Canto III, the souls tortured here are the OPPORTUNISTS, they are those who did not take sides when they were still alive. In their afterlife, they were not claimed by heavens nor by hell and escorted by the fallen (angels) whom in the battle between God and Lucifer did not also take sides. They are the castaways.

 In the Gates of Hell

        Before entering the gates of Hell in which an inscription is read "Abandon all hopes, ye who enter here", Dante and his guide see the Uncommitted (Opportunists), the souls of the people who in life did nothing, neither for good nor evil; therefore take no sides between God and Evil.

Among them, Dante recognizes either Pope Celestine V, the pope who resigned from his appointment after five months of serving as the head of the Christian believers.

Among with them are the outcasts (the fallen) who took no side in the Rebellion of Angels. These souls are neither in Hell nor can go to Heaven, but forever reside on the shores of the Acheron, and serve their punishment to be eternally pursued a banner (i.e. self interest) while pursued by wasps and hornets that continually sting them as maggots and other such insects drink their blood and tears.

The souls who possess the nine circles of hell are the ones who are tortured in Hell.  

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