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    The document summarizes the structure of Dante's Hell as described in his epic poem The Divine Comedy. It outlines the 9 circles of Hell, with Limbo being the first and least severe, and Treachery being the 9th and worst. Each circle punishes a different type of sin, ranging from incontinence to violence to fraud. The circles are also organized based on whether the sins relate to lack of self-control, brutishness, or malice.

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    The document summarizes the structure of Dante's Hell as described in his epic poem The Divine Comedy. It outlines the 9 circles of Hell, with Limbo being the first and least severe, and Treachery being the 9th and worst. Each circle punishes a different type of sin, ranging from incontinence to violence to fraud. The circles are also organized based on whether the sins relate to lack of self-control, brutishness, or malice.

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    The Structure of Dante's Hell

    There are nine circles of Hell in all. Limbo is sometimes assumed to be "Ante-Hell", but those in Limbo are damned nonetheless. The circles in order from Limbo
    down to Malebolge are:

    • 1. Limbo
    • 2. The Lustful
    • 3. The Gluttonous
    • 4. The Avaricious and the Prodigal
    • 5. The Wrathful and the Sullen
    • 6. Heretics
    • 7. The Violent
    • 8. The Fraudulent
    • 9. The Treacherous

    N.B. All of Dante's Hell can be categorized by the three following attributes:

    Incontinence includes all wrong action due to the inadequate control of natural appetites or desires.
    Brutishness or Bestiality is characteristic of morbid states in which what is naturally repulsive becomes attractive.
    Malice or Vice consist of those evil actions which involve the abuse of the specifically human attribute of reason.

    (Ante-Hell)
    Neutrals
    (Acheron)
    1. Limbo

    2. carnality
    3. gluttony
    INCONTINENCE
    4. . avarice
    5. . anger
    (Styx)
    (Walls of Dis)
    6. heretics
    (Phlegethon)
    i. against neighbor
    VIOLENCE or
    7. violent ii. against self [suicides & squanderes]
    BRUTISHNESS
    iii. against God [blasphemers, sodomites, usurers]
    (Geryon)
    i. seducerers and panderers
    ii. flatterers
    iii. simonists
    iv. diviners
    8. simple v. peculators
    (Malebolge) vi. hypocrites
    vii. thieves
    FRAUD or
    MALICE viii. fraudolent counselors
    ix. sowers of dissension
    x. forgers

    i. against kin
    ii. against country
    9. treacherous
    iii. against hospitality
    iv. against lords and benefactors
    (Cocytus) [Lucifer]

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