Circle Three The Gluttons Canto VI Circle Three The Gluttons

Sinners & Punishment Gluttons Overindulgence, produce nothing but garbage Lay ½ buried in filth while Cerberus slaves over them. Rain changes to excrement “Huge hailstones, dirty water, and black snow pour from the dismal air to putrefy the putrid slush that waits for them below… And they too howl like dogs in the freezing storms turning and turning from it as they thought one naked side could keep the other warm,” (10- 15).

Cerberus Three-headed dog Guards the gates of the Underworld Owner Pluto (King of the Underworld) Symbolizes sin of gluttony Pagan (mythology) why placed in hell “the ravening beast howls through his triple throats like a mad dog over the spirits sunk in the foul paste. His eyes are red, his beard is greased with phlegm, his belly is swollen and his hands are claws to rip the wrenches and flay and mangle them,” (13-18).

Ciacco Ciacco The Hog Resided in Florence and Dante asks about the state of Florence. He indicates it is filled with problems and strife. Dante writes this after his exile- political allegory “Your own city, so rife with hatred that the bitter cup flows over was mine too in that other, clearer life.” (46-48) Dante shows pity for this soul

Ciacco’s Prediction for Florence Souls know the future Written 1310-1314 Events he talks about happened in 1300 Speaks of the struggle between the blacks and the whites Bloody fight between the two factions May 1,1300 White Guelphs drive out the blacks Blacks regain power years later and exile many, including Dante Dante part of city council that banished members from both parties Dante is said to have never forgiven the people of Florence

The Last Judgment Their souls will be perfected as much as they can be . “Look to your science again where it is written: the more a thing is perfect the more it feels of pleasure and of pain. As for these souls, though they can never soar to true perfection, still in new time they will be nearer than they were ever before.”