The punishment, for each Circle of Dante’s Hell, is connected to its corresponding sin. For example, in the 4th Circle, the Hoarders and Spendthrifts are punished by being forced to push stones into each other over and over. This punishment is fitting because the hoarders’ stones could represent all the materialistic things he or she hoarded and the spendthrifts’ stones could represent all the money he or she spent. The hoarders and the spendthrifts are opposite extremes and because of their imbalanced lifestyles, they must work against each other to even each other’s extreme out. Another example is in the 5th Circle, the Wrathful and Sullen. The wrathful are punished by being forced to fight in the mud of a river bank. Since they could not
