There
are nine circles of Hell
Limbo is sometimes assumed to be
"Ante-Hell", but those in Limbo are damned nonetheless. The
circles in order from Limbo
down to Malebolge are:
1. Limbo
2. The Lustful
3. The Gluttonous
4. The Avaricious and the Prodigal
5. The Wrathful and the Sullen
6. Heretics
7. The Violent
8. The Fraudulent
9. The Treacherous
All of
Dante's Hell can be categorized by the three following attributes:
Incontinence
- includes all wrong action due to the inadequate control of natural
appetites or desires.
Brutishness
or Bestiality - is
characteristic of morbid states in which what is naturally repulsive
becomes attractive.
Malice or
Vice - consist of those
evil actions which involve the abuse of the specifically human
attribute of reason.
INCONTINENCE
i. carnality
ii.gluttony
iii. avarice
iv. anger
VIOLENCE or
BRUTISHNESS
Violent
i. against neighbor
ii. against self
iii. against God
FRAUD or
MALICE
A - Simple Fraud or
Malice
i. seducerers and panderers
ii. flatterers
iii. simonists
iv. diviners
v. peculators
vi. hypocrites
vii. thieves
viii. thieves
ix. sowers of dissension
x. forgers
B - Treacherous
Fraud or Malice
i. against kin
ii. against country
iii. against hospitality
iv. against lords and benefactor
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