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Treachery

Published on Dec 01, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CIRCLE OF HELL

TREACHERY

COMPLEX FRAUD

SIMPLE FRAUD + VIOLENCE =

CAINA ☆ ANTENORA ☆ PTOLOMEA ☆ JUDECCA

THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE 9TH CIRCLE

CAINA

TREACHERY AGAINST KIN/FAMILY

CONTRAPASSO

  • Frozen in ice with only their heads above
  • Head down to be able to cry for eternity
  • "Frozen in ice" reflecting the idea that being a traitor is a sin committed in cold blood
  • Condemned to perpetual immobility
  • "All warmth of love for God & fellow men have been extinguished"
  • Guardian of the 9th circle are Giants

SINNERS

  • Cain- the first son of the first humans Adam and Eve killed his younger brother Abel because of jealousy with the attention God is giving to his brother's offerings
  • Napoleone & Allesandro- were brothers but rivals with two diff. political factions, they murdered each other not because of politics but because of their inheritance
  • Camicion de' Pazzi- murdered his relative Ubertino
  • Mordred- betrayed his uncle King Arthur and because of the battle that took place between the two nearly everyone died; although King Arthur killed him Mordred mortally wounded King Arthur as well

ANTENORA

TREACHERY AGAINST ONES COUNTRY

CONTRAPASSO

  • Frozen in ice with only heads above
  • Head down to be able to cry for eternity
  • Sinners do not want to speak of their names and an example is an encounter with Bocca
  • Dante states that he can give him fame on Earth if he will identify himself
  • Bocca replies, "That's the last thing I would want!"

SINNERS

  • Antenora- betrayed his city Troy as he opened the gates & only saved his household by putting a panther skin on his door
  • Bocca- secretly sided with the enemy Ghibellines by injuring his country's general causing confusion allowing them to defeat the Guelphs
  • Ganelou- betrayed Roland's rear guard

BETWEEN ANTENORA & PTOLOMEA

  • Ugolino & Ruggieri's location
  • Ugolino is seen to be gnawing on Ruggieri's head showing "cannibalism"
  • Ugolino ---> treachery against country
  • Ruggieri ---> treachery against guest
  • Extreme factionalism: power struggles, exiles, unjust charges, murders, the innocent dying

PTOLOMEA

TREACHERY AGAINST ONES GUESTS

CONTRAPASSO

  • Frozen under ice with only head above
  • Faced upward w/ tears frozen over their eyes
  • Denied even the comfort of crying
  • Strong wind from Lucifer's wings in the last division of the circle
  • Causes ears of the sinners to break from the strong wind

SINNERS

  • Ptolomea- captain of Jericho who murdered his father-in-law and two brother-in-laws after inviting them to a feast
  • Friar Alberigo- invited his closest relative Marfred & Marfred's son for supper and murdered them
  • Ser Branca D' Oria murdered his father-in-law Michel Zarche after inviting him to his house
  • Friar Alberigo and Ser Branca D' Oria's bodies are still on Earth used as vessels by devils

JUDECCA

TREACHERY AGAINST BENEFACTOR BOTH TEMPORAL & SPIRITUAL

CONTRAPASSO & SINNERS

  • Completely encased in ice therefore nameless because of incapability to speak
  • Lucifer is seen described with one head but three faces chewing on the three greatest sinners: Cassius, Brutus, Judas
  • Judas- betrayed Jesus Christ with a kiss
  • Cassius and Brutus- opposed the formation of the Roman Empire by the assassination of Julius Caesar
  • Judas is in the center with only his legs out of Lucifer's mouth. Cassius and Brutus on the sides with their heads out of Lucifer's mouth.
  • Lucifer gnaws on them for eternity with his six eyes flowing tears

God as a Holy Trinity ---> the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost

Lucifer the Fallen Angel ---> perversion of the Holy Trinity