The Sixth and

Seventh Circle of
Hell
Group 4
The Sixth Circle
of Hell: Heresy
Sixth Circle: Heresy
Area: Nether Hell, Sins of Violence, City of Dis, where the Heretics
dwell
Located In Canto: X-XI
Events:
- In the sixth circle, Dante and Virgil wander to a kind of graveyard,
filled with the fiery tombs that hold the Heretics.
- Dante is stopped by a voice calling from one of the tombs. It is a
political leader of Dante’s time, Farinata, addressing Dante as a
Tuscan, based on his regional accent.
 Heresy and its History
Heresy is a belief or opinion contrary to
orthodox religious (especially Christian)
doctrine.
Sinners assigned to the Sixth Circle of Hell in
Dante's Inferno are guilty of heresy, or
having beliefs that contradict any teachings
of a major religion; in this case, Christianity.
Heretics are simply people who deny that the
soul is immortal, or those who don't believe
in an afterlife.
Sixth Circle: Heresy
Area: Nether Hell, Sins of Violence, City of Dis, where the Heretics
dwell
Located In Canto: X-XI
Punishment: The punishment in the Sixth
Circle is clear: sinners are trapped in
burning tombs, and they suffer ''horrible
pain.''
The Seventh Circle
of Hell: Violence
Round and Round
The Seventh Circle of Hell, the Circle of
Violence, embodies three levels of souls
who have committed acts of brutality.
Each soul is assigned to a level of the
circle according to the kind of violence
that was committed while on Earth. Each
level is occupied by faces that are
sometimes familiar to Dante, as they
were notable historical figures while they
were alive.
Seventh Circle: Violence
In ''The Divine Comedy'', protagonist Dante Alighieri must
travel through nine different Circles of Hell to save the
soul of his beloved Beatrice from eternal damnation.
During his perilous journey, Dante and his guide through
the Underworld, Virgil, reach the Seventh Circle of
Violence guarded by the mythological half-man half-
bull, Minotaur. Inside, the Circle is divided into three
separate sections based on the type of violence that each
soul was guilty of.
Seventh Circle: Violence
Area: Nether hell, sins of violence,
Phlegethon, Wood of suicides, Abominable Sand, the
great barrier and waterfall

Located In Cantos: XII-Murder; XIII-Suicide; XIV-

Blasphemy; XV-XVI-Sodomy; XVII-Usary
Seventh Circle: Violence
Ring One- Violent against their neighbors: the souls forced to swim in
a boiling stream of
blood
Located in Cantos: XII
Seventh Circle: Violence
Ring Two- the violent against themselves: suicides-transformed into
thorny trees that are ripped apart by
Harpies
Located in Cantos: XIII
Seventh Circle: Violence
Ring Three- the violent against God: blasphemers/sodomites/usurers-
condemned to a desert of blazing sand
with constant rain of fire
Located in Cantos: XIV-XVII
Seventh Circle: Violence
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