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The Contrapasso and the Structure of the Inferno
Geographically separated according to the nature of their moral offence, Dante’s sinners are interned, damned in a never-ending cycle of transgression and punishment. ... Dante also gives the reader clues as to the driving nature of the sinner’s transgression by way of the punishment endured. ... Virgil chides Dante:
Have you forgotten how you Ethics reads,
those terms it explicates in such detail:
the three conditions that the heavens hate,
Incontinence, malice and bestiality? ... 79-90)
The sins of Incontinence, located in the upper and less harsh circles of hell, are considered by Dante (and his precursors, Aristotle and St.
Approximate Word count = 479
Approximate Pages = 1.9
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