One Of The Nine Circles Of Hell In “The Inferno” That I Would Like To Change

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One of the nine circles of hell in �The Inferno� that I would like to change
is the Eighth circle, which is known as Canto XVIII. But before I do, let me
introduce and explain briefly on each bolgia.
This circle is called Malebolge.The classes of sinners are grouped into
ten separate pockets called bolgia. An arching bridge connects each bolgia.
The first out of ten bolgia, houses the panderers and the seducers.
Horned devils serve as the guardians and lay out the punishments for the
sinners. The second bolgia is where the flatters are held and punished. The
sinners are to wallow in a floor excrement. The sinners lay upside down in a
hole where only their feet stick out with flames engulfing them in the third
bolgia know as the Simonists. In the fourth bolgia, the Soothsayers, is
perhaps the strangest. Here, there are punished by having their bodies all
twisted up in a demented way. In the Fifth bolgia, the Grafters, a black devil
slings the sinner into the burning tar and pokes at him with his pitchfork so
that he/she stays under the tar�s surface. The sixth bolgia is the Hypocrites.
The sinners all �wear cloaks with hoods pulled low covering the eyes� that
are �lined with lead� (in 63-66). In addition, they must also walk at a steady
pace. The seventh bolgia are the thieves. Serpents chas

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