The Seventh Circle Of Hell In Dante's Inferno

In Dante Alighiri’s Dante’s Inferno, he defies how the actions produced by man’s own choice results in the correct and precise retribution of Hell through blood-chilling imagery, gruesome diction, and routine allusions, essentially providing that man’s actions have consequences that must be faced at the culmination of time.

The seventh circle of Dante’s hell is dedicated to violence, whether it’s against thy self or against someone else. The suicidal victims are banished into the second ring of the seventh circle of Dante’s Hell, which means Romeo Montague would be banished there, for he committed suicide at the sight of his lover's “death.” The punishments for this ring are detestable; the punishments include the souls of the dead turning into trees,

Dante constructs images of these punishments and mourning souls to force thought of retributions in Hell. A case of punishment is souls turning into talking tree trunks with the dead bodies strapped onto them. These trunks speak to Dante and say, “Men once we were, and now are changed to trees; Indeed, thy hand should be more pitiful, Even if the souls of

This allusion goes back to Greek mythology where the Harpy was a monster with a human face. In a way suicide can be a monster with a human face a suicide victim is their own monster. Parallel to the Inferno, Romeo and Juliet include allusions, one specifically referencing Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. This allusion is relevant to Romeo and Juliet for Romeo killed himself for love. These allusions have the effect of seeing how literature can relate and go back to general knowledge. Also, if a reference is unknown, research might be needed which can also help further the understanding of the work as a