The Symbols Of The Limbo Circles In Dante's Inferno

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I decided to put the Limbo circle on top because I chose to order the circles the same way they are arranged in Dante's Inferno. The punishments and sins become more severe as you go along. I thought this punishment was not as severe compared to the other 8 circles. The sinners in the Limbo circle which are the non-christians and unbaptized pagans are forced to live in a castle with seven gates that surround it which is what I put on this circle. I chose dark colors for my castle because I thought they went with the theme of the circle very well and hell is not a bright colored place it is filled with dark depressing colors.

In the Lust circle I used the colors brown, white, and blue and swirled them around so it would represent swirls of
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Vile means unpleasant and disgusting so I used the colors green, black, and brown and mixed them together to look like a slush that no person would want to be in. For the never ending icy rain I used glitter to make the rain look icy kind of like freezing rain. They were hung above the vile …show more content…
The wrathful sinners are forced to fight on the surface of the river named Styx. The sullen sinners are gurgling under the surface of the river. The boat and oars symbolize how Dante, Virgil, and Phlegyas arrived to this circle. I painted the bottom of the circle blue to symbolize the river named Styx. I painted red streaks over top of the blue pait to show the blood in the water from the sullen and wrathful sinners.

Heretic sinners are condemned to eternal life in tombs that are flaming with fire. I made the tombs and filled them with flames to symbolize their punishment. Around the tombs I chose to do more flames to represent that the sinners are condemned to eternity and cannot escape because flames are everywhere. I painted the bottom of the circle red and yellow. I done this so they would represent the heat given off by the

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