Comparison Of Canto 24 By Virgil And Dantes Inferno

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In the beginning of Canto 24, Virgil and Dante encounter the sixth pouch of the eighth circle of Hell. As they climb deeper in, they find themselves greeted by a valley filled with snakes and sinners. The snakes bind the sinners’ hands together like rope ties and knot themselves up around their thighs, until they are unable to move. If bitten by one of the snakes, the sinner turns into a pile of ash, but only for a second. The next moment, they reform. During this discovery, they meet Vanni Fucci, a thief that was known “as a man of blood and anger” (24.129). Fucci stole from the church, and ultimately throws his hands in blasphemy at God. In result, Dante loses his respect for Vanni Fucci, gains the respect of the snakes, and they wrap themselves