Dante's Inferno: The Sixth Circle Of Hell

sun, and that they now live sullen forever.” Dante and Virgil are now happy that they finally where able to get out of the marsh and come to a high tower that had no name (Hero).
While Dante and Virgil are leaving, they go through path in circle five. The Sixth circle of Hell restrains the Heretics that have died. Heretics believe that the body does not contain a soul. In the middle ages if someone did not believe in God or questioned the Catholic Church, that person would be labeled as a Heretic. Many people that are held in this circle are followers of Epicurus, the Greek philosopher whose philosophy was the attainment of happiness, and more.
Dante tells Virgil that he wants to speak to some of the souls that are in this circle. Virgil tell him that he will soon enough. After they talk about this a shadow rise from its tomb and it recognizes Dante. Dante realizes that the soul was Farinata, one of Dante’s political enemies. As they converse Virgil notices that their tone is

The souls that are in the blood river because they are violent, assassins, or tyrants. The setting of this ring is a large ravine where giant boulders fall in to the river of blood. The ravine is very steep and dangerous for any living being. As Dante and Virgil reach the bottom of the ravine they meet the hideous minotaur, which is a beast the is half man and half bull. After the minotaur notices the two its response is very unusual, because it bites itself. Vigil then yells at the minotaur, saying, “Dante is not his hated enemy that he is only there to watch him suffer.” After the minotaur hears that he becomes infuriated with the two and charges at them. So, Dante and Virgil decide to run down the embankment. Whenever the souls try to escape the blood river centaurs armed with bows and arrows shot them (Shmoop Editorial Team,