Barbara Leon
Humanities 2
Canto V Analysis
10/06/05
Canto V Analysis
SUMMARY
Dante and Virgil have just left limbo, the first circle of hell, and are now on their way into the second circle of hell, where hell really begins. It is here that Dante first witnesses the punishment brought upon the sinners. They encounter Minos, the beast-judge who blocks the way into the second circle. He examines each soul as they pass through and determines which circle of hell they must go to by winding his tail around himself. Minos warns Dante of passing through but Virgil silences him. Dante encounters a dark place completely sucked of any light and filled with noises more horrible than a tempest and sees the souls being whirled around in a windy storm as they moan and shriek. Virgil explains to him that these are the souls of the humans who committed the sin of carnal lust and adultery. Dante is curious of the names of some of the souls and Virgil names off Semiramis, the adulterous......
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