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Study Guide
Inferno Characters
By Dante Alighieri
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Dante
Because the hero of the Inferno is also the writer, we have to look at both aspects of...
Virgil
Although Virgil’s official job title is a "guide" for Dante (does he hold a little flag up...
Lucifer
According to Christianity, Lucifer fell from Heaven because of the sin of pride. Like Nimrod in...
Pope Boniface VIII
Even though Pope Boniface VIII never physically shows up in the Inferno, he's a major figure,...
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- Introduction
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Summary
- Inferno Canto I
- Inferno Canto II
- Inferno Canto III
- Inferno Canto IV (the first Circle: Limbo)
- Inferno Canto V (the Second Circle: the Lustful)
- Inferno Canto VI (the Third Circle: the Gluttonous)
- Inferno Canto VII (the Fourth Circle: the Avaricious and Prodigal; the Fifth Circle: the Wrathful and Sullen)
- Inferno Canto VIII (the river Styx, the gates of Dis)
- Inferno Canto IX (the gate of Dis)
- Inferno Canto X (the Sixth Circle: the Heretics)
- Inferno Canto XI (the Sixth Circle: the Heretics)
- Inferno Canto XII (the Seventh Circle, First Ring: the Violent against their Neighbors)
- Inferno Canto XIII (the Seventh Circle, Second Ring: The Violent against Themselves)
- Inferno Canto XIV (the Seventh Circle, Third Ring: The Violent against God)
- Inferno Canto XV (the Seventh Circle, Third Ring: the Violent against God)
- Inferno Canto XVI (the Seventh Circle, Third Ring: The Violent against God)
- Inferno Canto XVII (the Seventh Circle, Third Ring: the Violent against Nature and Art)
- Inferno Canto XVIII (the Eighth Circle, First Pouch: Panderers and Seducers; the Second Pouch: Flatterers)
- Inferno Canto XIX (the Eighth Circle, Third Pouch: Simonists)
- Inferno Canto XX (the Eighth Circle, Fourth Pouch: Diviners, Astrologers, and Magicians)
- Inferno Canto XXI (the Eighth Circle, Fifth Pouch: the Barrators)
- Inferno Canto XXII (the Eighth Circle, Fifth Pouch: the Barrators)
- Inferno Canto XXIII (the Eighth Circle, Fifth Pouch: the Barrators; Sixth Pouch: the Hypocrites)
- Inferno Canto XXIV (the Eighth Circle, Seventh Pouch: the Thieves)
- Inferno Canto XXV (the Eighth Circle, Seventh Pouch: the Thieves)
- Inferno Canto XXVI (the Eighth Circle, Eighth Pouch: the Fraudulent Counselors)
- Inferno Canto XXVII (the Eighth Circle, Eighth Pouch: the Fraudulent Counselors)
- Inferno Canto XXVIII (the Eighth Circle, Ninth Pouch: the Sowers of Scandal and Schism)
- Inferno Canto XXIX (the Eighth Circle, Tenth Pouch: the Falsifiers of Metals)
- Inferno Canto XXX (the Eighth Circle, Tenth Pouch: the Counterfeiters of Persons, Counterfeiters of Coins, Falsifiers of Words)
- Inferno Canto XXXI (the Eighth Circle, Tenth Pouch: the Falsifiers)
- Inferno Canto XXXII (the Ninth Circle, First Ring Caina: Traitors to their Kin, Second Ring Antenora: Traitors to their Homeland or Party)
- Inferno Canto XXXIII (the Ninth Circle, Second Ring Antenora: Traitors to the Homeland or Party, Third Ring Ptolomea: Traitors against their Guests)
- Inferno Canto XXXIV (the Ninth Circle, Fourth Ring Judecca: Traitors against their Benefactors)
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