Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno (Cliffs Notes) by Luisa Vergani

Author:Luisa Vergani [Vergani, Luisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780822003915
Amazon: 0764586548
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
Published: 1964-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

These figures, along with the Harpies in the next canto, are grotesque combinations of human and beast, and are symbolic of the transition from the sins of incontinence in the higher circles to the sins of bestiality in the very pit of Hell.

Canto 13

Summary

Dante and Virgil enter a wood where there is no path. This is a dismal wood of strange black leaves, misshapen branches, and poison sticks instead of fruit: it is the place where the Harpies nest.

Virgil explains that this is the second round of the seventh circle, where Dante will see things that will cause him to doubt Virgil's words. Dante has already heard cries, but cannot find where they come from and in confusion stops where he is. He believes that Virgil knows his thoughts: the spirits making such an outcry are hiding among the trees. Virgil tells him only to break off any branch, and he will see that he is mistaken in his thought.

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