Canto XXXIII
Circle: 9 Cocytus
Rounds: 2 (Antenora) and 3 (Ptolomea)
Sin: Compound Fraud, The treacherous to country, Treacherous to guests and hosts.
Punishment: Sinners lay in ice on their backs with only faces exposed. Some sinners in round 3 are not actually dead. Their crimes were so bad, they are predestined to be in circle 9 round 3. Demons posess their bodies on earth. Sinners are even denied the comfort of tears. The tears freeze on their face, leaving them unable to cry.
Key sinners/stories/monsters: Count Ugolino, Archbishop Ruggieri. The two plotted together but Ruggieri betrayed him, and Ugolino starved to death. Ugolino gnaws at the head of Ruggieri as his new source of food. Friar Alberigo and Branca D'Oria. They are not yet dead, but their sin is so bad, they are predestinied to be in round 3 of circle 9.
Summary: Dante and Virgil meet Ugolino and Ruggieri. As mentioned earlier, Ugolino told his story. Dante and Virgil continue on. Dante asks what is causing the freezing wind, which Virgil says he will see soon enough. That means they will soon be coming on something important. They are coming near the end of their journey. This circle makes Dante feel grief for the sinners once more.
Questions:
Why is Count Ugolino gnawing on the head of Archbishop Ruggieri?
What is different about some sinners in Circle 9 round 3?
What are the sinners trapped in?
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Drew Humphrey-
The sinners are trapped in ice and they are different because some are the spirits of people that are still living. Their bodies are taken over by demons on Earth.
Frank Kacer
Count Ugolino is gnawing on Archbishop Ruggieri because Ruggieri betrayed Ugolino and Ugolino starved to death from him. Ugolino now uses the head of Ruggieri as his sorce of food.
Jessie Wilschek
1) Count Ugolino is gnawing on the head of Archbishop Ruggieri because he was starving and he was Ugolino's new source of food.
Maurell James
canto XXXIII
The sinners were so extreme that they are trapped in ice forever, and they are different because they were predestined for this part of the Underworld
( questions Number one and two)
-Alison Graham
The sinners sins were so intense that they are now trapped in ice forever. They are different because some of the spirits of the people are still living.
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