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Infero - Canto XVIII Kyle Golden w0320195 English 230 5/4/09

Infero - Canto XVIII Kyle Golden w0320195 English 230 5/4/09. Canto 18. Virgil and Dante are outside the 8 th circle of hell, also called Malebolge, which means “Evil- Pouches”. It has a circular wall that has ten pits, all of equal size.

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Infero - Canto XVIII Kyle Golden w0320195 English 230 5/4/09

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  1. Infero - Canto XVIIIKyle Golden w0320195English 230 5/4/09

  2. Canto 18 • Virgil and Dante are outside the 8th circle of hell, also called Malebolge, which means “Evil- Pouches”. • It has a circular wall that has ten pits, all of equal size. • Each pit contains different types of souls who have committed certain sins.

  3. New Characters Venedico Caccianemico lived in Bologna, who soul is being punished for the selling the services of women. Alessio Interminei of Lucca is in hell for telling false flatteries. Jason- who abandoned a woman named Medea after he impregnated her

  4. Canto 18 • Canto XVIII tells of the first two Malebolges or pouches in the eighth circle. • This place is all stone and crude iron color • Dante speaks of new naked sinners and new torturers • Steep walls, broad valleys, and a castle to guard the walls.

  5. The First Bolgia • The First pit that Virgil and Dante see if the place where Panders and Seducers are kept. • A Panderer is a pimp • For eternity the souls run from one side of the pit to the other only to be met by horned demons who strike them with horsewhips on their backs, forcing them to run away to the other side or they will be whipped again.

  6. The First Pit • Dante recognizes a man in the first pit. • The man is Venedico Caccianemico, who used to live in Bologna and sold his own sister. • Dante and Virgil also see Jason who is a mythological character.

  7. The Second Bolgia • One their way to the second pit, Dante and Virgil are hit by a terrible smell, and they hear suffering cries. • The second pit is filled with human feces. • The second pit contains the souls of the false flatters. These souls constantly beat themselves with their palms.

  8. The Second Pouch • Dante recognizes one of the souls in the pit as Alessio Interminei of Lucca. • Dante then learns these souls are there because of flatteries. • Dante and Virgil have seen enough, and go on to the third pouch; ending the canto.

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