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The Traitors In Dante's Inferno

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As they proceded deeper into the ninth level of hell they encountered the ice-lake, along the outer edge of the lake “Traitors are frozen”.(362). Dante referred to the traitors in this outer edge as Caina, named after Cain. The traitors kept in the outer edge of the ice-lake were “treacherous shades who murderously violated family bonds”(367). One of the traitors Dante was told about is Mordred, the nephew of King Arthur. Mordred attempted to seize the thrown from King Arthur by fighting the king but he was defeated by a devastating blow from a lance (367). Mordred was a key example of a “Caina” in the Ice-Lake. He committed his act of treachery in an attempt to gain the thrown and expand his power. He betrayed his family and the scared

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