Most recent public comments by Student Angel U. Cardiel https://nowcomment.com/users/128099 https://nowcomment.com/documents/330016?scroll_to=2928965 https://nowcomment.com/documents/330016?scroll_to=2928965 How does Virgil guiding Dante compare to Athena guiding Odysseus? One Comparison between Athena and Virgil is that they are very supportive of the people that they are guiding. One difference between the two is that Virgil in Inferno is pretty much always next to the person he is guiding which is Dante and for Athena, she is like helping from the sidelines because she is never really there with Odysseus. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:33:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/330016?scroll_to=2928949 https://nowcomment.com/documents/330016?scroll_to=2928949 I feel like one of the strangest circles out of all of them would end up being the fifth circle. The reason I picked this one is because people who are rageful and angry were put in the river Styx to fight for eternity. The reason why I think it's weird is why make them fight if anger was their sin? But other than that I feel like the punishment of each circle fits with the sin. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:20:07 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/330016?scroll_to=2926133 https://nowcomment.com/documents/330016?scroll_to=2926133 Inferno Discussion Angel Uriel Cardiel Chavez South Plains College 2332 English Dr. Escamilla 10/11/22 Inferno Discussion #4. The Ninth Circle of hell is called Treachery, where the worst of the worst go. The sin/crime that was committed for being in the ninth circle was being a traitor in many ways like betraying your friends, family, and your country. The punishment for the criminals in this circle was that they were stuck in a vast frozen lake called Kokytos. There are four different parts of the lake; the higher the number, the lower the person is stuck in the ice. “The ice is divided into four concentric rings marked only by the different positions of the damned within the ice.”(Punchner, 2018, 1069.) I feel like the punishment fits the sin because leaving the sinners in an area where they can’t do anything except barely able to talk lets them never be able to betray anyone again. The fourth Circle is Greed where the sinners who only cared about money and valuables are put here. The punishment for this circle was that the sinner would push a boulder against another sinner's boulder. The sinners are divided into two raging mobs, each soul among them straining madly at a great boulder-like weight. “The two mobs meet, clashing their weights against one another, after which they separate, pushing the great weights apart, and begin over again.” (Puncher, 2018, 956.) This punishment fits the sin because I feel like the boulder they use could symbolize money and how they use it to attack others with the money they have. The last circle I will talk about is the fifth circle anger. The sinners are placed in the river of Styx to battle for eternity. The punishment turns the anger that they always relied on turn into something that they despise since all they do is fight. My Question If you had to pick any circle to be placed where would it be and why? One comparison between The odyssey and Inferno is that they both go through a journey to reach someone they love. Another comparison is how the gods affect human lives. One difference is that Odysseus is brave and smart, but Dante is somewhat of a coward and relies on Virgil to get through certain obstacles. References Punchner, editor. Norton Anthology of World Literature. Shorter 4th ed. Inferno 929, W.W Norton, 2018. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:37:45 -0500