Examples Of Greed In Dante's Inferno

Dante was walking in the forest one day and he lost his path which led him to run into a leopard, a lion and a she-wolf. Dante, scared out of his mind, leaves and runs into a Virgil, a poet and a ghost. He came to help Dante back toward his path which was to the mountain top. Virgil tells Dante that the path they're gonna take will lead them through hell and then eventually heaven. He then tells Dante that it was Beatrice and two other holy people that told Virgil to come find Dante. Virgil guides Dante to the gates of hell. There was an inscription on there that said "Abandon All Hope. You Who Enter Here." The reach the outlying region of hell where the those who are send there couldn't commit to good or bad so as punishment they have run from …show more content…
This was where poets from before the Middle Ages died without knowing Jesus. Dante then continues to the next circle of hell which is for those commit the sin of lust. In the circle the souls spin around in a storm for eternity. Dante meets Francesca who explains that she had an affair with her husband's brother which landed them both in hell. The third circle of hell is for those who commit gluttony, or greed. They must endure a rain of filth and excrement. In the fourth circle of hell, Avaricious, which ones extreme greed, and Prodigal, which is wastefully spending money, are said to run into each other which giant boulders. The fifth circle of hell is the location of a river called Styx, which is a swampy body of waste and sewage. Those who are wrathful are there for eternity. Those who are sullen are beneath the river who have eternity of choking on mud. Dante sees a former enemy that he watches with delight as other would tear him to pieces. The next place Virgil and Dante traveled is the city of Dis. The demon the guarded the gate wouldn't let them come through so am angelic being came down and let them in. The sixth circle of hell contains heretics, or those who practice