Dantes Inferno

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with phlegm, / his belly is swollen, and his hands are claws / to rip the wretches and flay and mangle them” (66). This quote vividly depicts the man-beast Cerberus that Dante encountered, and allows the reader to feel present in the scene with Dante. He further emphasizes the sights and sounds to portray the hellish environment when he states “Huge hailstones, dirty water, and black snow/ pour from the dismal air to putrefy/ the putrid slush that waits for them below” (66). This example is one of many that illustrate Dante’s ability to exhibit the sights that he encounters. Dante adds another dimension by providing the ability for the reader to hear the sounds present in Circle III of Hell. An example of this is when he states “and they (the victims), too, howl like dogs in the freezing storm” (66). Furthermore Dante greatly describes how the victims are feeling about their whole situation with the statement “I lie here rotting like a ...

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abyss, do you recall this face?” (67) This quote proves Dante’s knowledge of Florence - Ciacco would not have questioned if Florence were not such a small town. He is aware that Florence is so small that it would be hard to live there and not know, or at least recognize, the other members of the society. By the conclusion of Canto 6 Dante provided the reader a complete understanding and visualization of his experiences.
The reader enters Canto 13 prepared for a continued visualization provided through Dante’s mastery of language and sensitivity of the sights and sounds of nature. Dante immediately lets the reader understand the new environment that he ...

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