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Dante's Gluttony Quotes

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Abenes, Hazel Grace L. Dr. Dumol
MHC1 Aug. 22, 2017
Canto VI: The Punishment of The Gluttonous In Canto VI, Dante finds himself in a new circle -- the third circle of Hell. According to Dante in lines 7 - 12, the third circle is “filled with cold, unending, heavy, and accursed rain”. Aside from that, “gross hailstones, water gray with filth, and snow come streaking down across the shadowed air” and because of that, the earth stinks. The new sufferers that Dante saw as he woke up in the third circle lay in the ground that is covered in filth. Like the first two circles, the third circle also has a beast guarding it. The Cerberus, a three headed dog like beast, guards this circle. To add to the suffering of the sinners in this …show more content…

Another definition of gluttony by Arielle Windham by Study.com is an “overzealous or greedy appetite for something”. In this definition, the gluttons are not only described as someone who eats excessively but also as someone who over indulges over things. The souls trapped in the third circle of Hell were people who were never contented. They always wanted more. They indulged themselves in worldly things. They wanted all the comforts in life that is why I think their punishment is fitting for them. I guess we can say that in wanting all things and overly indulging in it, they abused what was given to them by God. In Hell, they are experiencing non-pleasurable things. They are experiencing things that are almost similar but also the opposite of the way they lived when they were still alive. I feel that in this sixth Canto, Dante wants to tell us that whatever we do in earth when we were alive is going to be reflected in the …show more content…

However, if a person lived an unpleasant, self - centered life, he will be given what he deserves in Hell. An example of this are the people in the third circle of Hell. they overly indulged themselves in worldly things and lived only for themselves. Their punishment is like a mirror of what they did in their life the difference is that it is harsher and colder. These gluttons, I think, when they lived they pursued the pleasurable way of life. They tried gaining everything that they can and in return, when they have perished, they now face the things that they did not want to experience before. They are given a colder, harsher, and emptier version of

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