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Canto Xiv

Canto Xiv. Finlea McArthur. Circle seven, round three - the violent against god, nature, and art. Who’s in this circle and what is their punishment?. Capaneus and the Old Man of Crete.

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Canto Xiv

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  1. Canto Xiv Finlea McArthur

  2. Circle seven, round three - the violent against god, nature, and art Who’s in this circle and what is their punishment? Capaneus and the Old Man of Crete “That was one of the Seven who laid siege to Thebes. Living, he scorned God, and among the dead he scorns Him yet…” (pg 113, line 64) Protector of the son of Rhea (Titan whose name meant ‘that which flows’) whose “endless tears drip down and hollow put the mountain’s pit…” and flow into the rivers of Hell: Acheron, Phlegethon, Styx, and Cocytus. • The Blasphemers(violent against God) are stretched supine upon the burning sand, while the Sodomites(violent against Nature) are running in endless circles upon it, and the Userers(violent against Art) huddle on the sand (pg 110)

  3. allusions • Alexander the Great – “Like those Alexander met in the hot regions of India, flames raining from the sky to fall still unextinguished on his legions…” (pg 111, line 28) • Rhea – Titan, wife of Saturn(Cronos) and mother of Jove(Zeus); deceived her husband in order to stop him from eating their baby who was prophesied to overthrow him; Corybantes was trusted to protect Zeus from his father Artist: John Sokol

  4. Artist: Gustave Dore

  5. Literary devices Metaphors and Similes Symbolism The desert image can be seen to represent sterility, which is a good indication to the sinners who have committed acts of blasphemy, sodomy, and usury (pg 110) While the fire image represents wrath, which is raining down on top of them, contradicting the naturally cooling and nourishing properties of rain on earth (pg 110) • “Enormous herds of naked soulds I saw, lamenting till their eyes were burned with teras…” (pg 111, line 16) • “…great flakes of flame fell slowly as snow falls in the Alps on a windless day.” (pg 111, line 27) • “O Capaneus, by your insolence you are made to suffer as much fire inside as falls upon you…” (pg 112, line 60)

  6. workcited • “ABANDON ALL HOPE, ALL WHO ENTER HERE.” Inferno, Mr. Alford, https://www.lordalford.com/10grade/inferno/inferno.htm. • Alighieri, Dante, and John Ciardi. The Inferno. Signet Classics, 2009. • “Rain of Fire Falls on the Violent - Online Collection.” Akron Art Museum, Akron Art Museum, https://akronartmuseum.org/collection/Obj2672?sid=1&x=88168.

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