Chart of Dante’s Inferno
DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete the chart as you read. This can be done by hand or by typing. Add to your chart as you read
Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. Please note that some of the chart has already been filled in for you, but the
majority of the chart still needs to be completed.
**The final, completed chart should be no fewer than three pages in length, and is worth 60 points.
LOCATION
The places included as part
of Dante’s conception of
Hell.
Dark Wood
*journey begins on Good
Friday
SINNER(S)
Describe the group being
punished, not necessarily
the specific individuals.
PUNISHMENT(S)
Describe all punishments,
including how the
punishments demonstrate
symbolic retribution.
IMPORTANT POINTS
Explain the significance of the location,
sinner(s), and punishment(s). Explain the
presence of particular individuals. Define key
words and concepts. Etc.
*Dante has committed
some kind of sin (probably
moral laziness – AKA the
deadly sin of sloth)
*journey, but more of an
opportunity than a
punishment
*Dante has strayed from the “straight road”
*3 beasts symbolizing sin: Leopard (fraud),
Lion (violence), She-wolf (incontinence)
*Virgil = guide = symbol of human reason
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*river that separates the vestibule from the
first circle
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*river of Circle 5
*marks the first great division in Hell,
separating upper and lower
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*the great walls of the iron city block the
way to Lower Hell
Vestibule
Acheron
Circle 1: Limbo
*Christian category of sin
Minos
Circle 2: The Carnal
*incontinence
(sins of the she-wolf)
Circle 3:
The Gluttons
*incontinence
(sins of the she-wolf)
Circle 4:
The Hoarders and the
Wasters
*incontinence
(sins of the she-wolf)
Styx
*includes Circle 5
Circle 5:
The Wrathful and the
Sullen
*incontinence
(sins of the she-wolf)
Dis
The Capital of Hell
*transition from Upper to
Lower Hell
Circle 6:
The Heretics
*Christian category
(see circle 1)
Minotaur
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Round 1: Violent Against
Neighbors
Round 1
Round 1
Round 1
Round 2: Violent Against
Themselves
Round 2
Round 2
Round 2
Round 3: Violent Against
God, Nature, and Art
Round 3
Round 3
Round 3
Great Cliff &
Geryon
Circle 8: Malebolge
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Fraudulent and Malicious
*this is the upper half of the fraudulent and
malicious
Circle 7
*violence
(sins of the lion)
Bolgia 1: Panderers and
Seducers
Bolgia 1
*circle 8 is a great stone
circle that slopes into ten
concentric ditches, where
each ditch punishes his
own kind guilty of simple
fraud
Bolgia 1
Bolgia 2: Flatterers
Bolgia 2
Bolgia 2
Bolgia 2
Bolgia 3: Simoniacs
Bolgia 3
Bolgia 3
Bolgia 3
Bolgia 4: Fortune Tellers
and Diviners
Bolgia 4
Bolgia 4
Bolgia 4
Bolgia 5: Grafters
Bolgia 5
Bolgia 5
Bolgia 5
*simple fraud
(sins of the leopard)
Bolgia 1
Bolgia 6: Hypocrites
Bolgia 6
Bolgia 6
Bolgia 6
Bolgia 7:Thieves
Bolgia 7
Bolgia 7
Bolgia 7
Bolgia 8: Evil Counselors
Bolgia 8
Bolgia 8
Bolgia 8
Bolgia 9: Sowers of
Discord
Bolgia 9
*Divided in 3 classes:
Bolgia 9
Bolgia 9
Bolgia 10
Bolgia 10
*the final circle is home to
those who committed
compound fraud – the
highest degree of
treachery
Round 1: Caina
Round 1: Caina
Round 1: Caina
Round 2: Antenora
Round 2: Antenora
Round 2: Antenora
Round 3: Ptolomea
Round 3: Ptolomea
Round 3: Ptolomea
Round 4: Judecca
Round 4: Judecca
Round 4: Judecca
(1)
(2)
(3)
Bolgia 10: Falsifiers
Bolgia 10
*4 kinds of falsifiers:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Circle 9
The Central Pit of
Malebolge
*compound fraud
(sins of the leopard)