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Canto 21

Canto 21. Erica Ingram November 20, 2007. Summary. Dante and Virgil are still in the eighth circle, but are now in the fifth pouch called the Malebolge He comes up on this pouch and sees tar in the bolgia and it has bubbles rising from it

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Canto 21

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  1. Canto21 Erica Ingram November 20, 2007

  2. Summary • Dante and Virgil are still in the eighth circle, but are now in the fifth pouch called the Malebolge • He comes up on this pouch and sees tar in the bolgia and it has bubbles rising from it • He then sees a black demon bringing a sinner from earth to be boiled in the tar

  3. Summary continued • He soon finds out that the sinners that are punished here are called Barrators • The sinner they see here is Bonturo, an official in Lucca • The demons use grappling hooks “as any cook who has his urchins force the meat with hooks deep down into the pot, that it not float…” (line 55-57) • Virgil tells Dante to hide behind the rocks so the demons won’t see him

  4. More Summary • Virgil, alone, crosses to the sixth bank and tells the demons of the nature of his and Dante’s journey • Dante joins Virgil and Malacoda, the demon in charge, tells them that the bridge crossing the sixth bolgia have been broken and you can’t cross them • Malacoda says, “five hours from this hour yesterday, one thousand and two hundred sixty-six years passed since that roadway was shattered here.” (lines 112-114) (1266 years have passed, making it 7 a.m. on April 9, 1300)

  5. End of Canto • Malacoda tries to give the two poets some guides for their journey but Dante does not trust them • The two poets finally agree to be accompanied by the ten demons, and leave the fifth pouch to continue their journey

  6. Characters • Malacoda- head demon of pouch number 5 • Demons- Alichino, Calcabrina, Cagnazzo, Ciriatto, Barbariccia, Libicocco, Farfarello, Draghignazzo, Graffiacane, and Rubicante (they accompany Dante and Virgil to the sixth pouch)

  7. Scenery • The Malebolge is a very dark and dreary place • The Barrators who are punished here must be submerged in hot boiling tar and are kept there by demons holding grappling hooks • “below there boiled a thick and tarry mass that covered all the banks with clamminess.” (lines 17 and 18) • There is a rocky edge where they are walking to keep out of the tar

  8. Map Bolgia 1: Panderers, Seducers Bolgia 2: Flatterers Bolgia 3: Simoniacs Bolgia 4: Fortunetellers Bolgia 5: Grafters (Barrators) Bolgia 6: Hypocrites Bolgia 7: Thieves Bolgia 8: Evil Counselors Bolgia 9: Sowers of Discord Bolgia 10: Falsifiers -We are in Bolgia 8

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