Ladder of Values An intro to the themes of Dantes’ Inferno

Arrange the following in order, putting at the top the action you consider to be the worst (1) and at the bottom the action to be the least serious (12). A Stealing your best friend’s boyfriend or girlfriend B Killing someone you are supposed to love or be loyal to (like a parent or a sibling) C Cheating on a test D Flattering your boss in hopes of getting a promotion (or a teacher in hopes of getting a good grade) E Blasphemy (cursing God and meaning it) F Overeating (a whole lot) or getting very drunk – often G Being a spendthrift, spending money on foolishness H Starting a war or a riot (being the instigator) I Having sexual intercourse with someone you love, even though you are not married J Losing your temper and yelling at someone, even hitting him or her K Seducing someone you do not love L Killing many people in a war

Dante’s Inferno An exciting journey through all the circles of Hell

“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here…” “Hell has enlarged its soul and opened its mouth without any limits.” - Isaiah 5:14

The Seven Deadly Sins (Saint Thomas Aquinas) Lust Gluttony Avarice Sloth Anger Envy Pride

Three Types of Sin Three Types of Sin (Dante Alighieri) Incontinence (Level 1)Incontinence (Level 1) –Lack of self control Violence (Level 2)Violence (Level 2) will –Conscious violation of God’s will Fraudulent and Traitorous (Level 3)Fraudulent and Traitorous (Level 3) –Using reason and intellect as a weapon

VESTIBULE: Neutrals and Opportunists, indecisive, no real beliefs, those who don’t choose sides VESTIBULE: Neutrals and Opportunists, indecisive, no real beliefs, those who don’t choose sides CIRCLE #1—LIMBO: Virtuous Pagans and Unbaptized BabiesCIRCLE #1—LIMBO: Virtuous Pagans and Unbaptized Babies CIRCLE #2: Carnal and LustfulCIRCLE #2: Carnal and Lustful CIRCLE #3: GluttonsCIRCLE #3: Gluttons CIRCLE #4: Hoarders and Wasters CIRCLE #5: Wrathful and Sullen or SlothfulCIRCLE #4: Hoarders and Wasters CIRCLE #5: Wrathful and Sullen or Slothful

The First Circle Limbo Virtuous pagans & unbaptized infantsVirtuous pagans & unbaptized infants Homer, Socrates and PlatoHomer, Socrates and Plato “Only so far afflicted that without hope” they “live in desire” (4.42)“Only so far afflicted that without hope” they “live in desire” (4.42)

The Second Circle The LustfulThe Lustful Minos sits in judgmentMinos sits in judgment Blown about forever by stormy winds just as, in life, they were blown about by the winds of passionBlown about forever by stormy winds just as, in life, they were blown about by the winds of passion

Paolo and Francesca lust and the false God of Love Circle Two

The Third Circle The Gluttons

Guarded by Cerberus Wallow in mud and muck Besieged by hail & filthy water The Third Circle

The avaricious and the prodigal Avaricious (greedy) Prodigal (wasteful) Useless Labor The Fourth Circle

The Fifth Circle The Wrathful, Sullen, or SlothfulThe Wrathful, Sullen, or Slothful Attacking one anotherAttacking one another

City of Dis Boundary between upper and lower Hell.

CIRCLE #6: HereticsCIRCLE #6: Heretics CIRCLE #7.1: Violence Against Neighbors CIRCLE #7.2: Violence Against Oneself (Forest of the Suicides)CIRCLE #7.1: Violence Against Neighbors CIRCLE #7.2: Violence Against Oneself (Forest of the Suicides) CIRCLE #7.3.1: Violence Against God CIRCLE #7.3.2: Violence Against Nature (Homosexuals)CIRCLE #7.3.1: Violence Against God CIRCLE #7.3.2: Violence Against Nature (Homosexuals) CIRCLE #7.3.3: Violence Against ArtCIRCLE #7.3.3: Violence Against Art MALABOLGIAMALABOLGIA

Descent into lower Hell: Circle 6: Heresy atheists & Non- believers in the afterlife

Circle Violence against God, his creations, and self Circle 7: Violence against God, his creations, and self

Piero delle vigne Violence Against Self

Forest of the suicides

TheSodomites violence against nature male homosexuality

Ugolino and Ruggieri Violence

The Malbolge “Bad Pockets” Entry to lowest levels of Hell – for those who use their God-given intellect to distort the truth: Fraud Fraud Treachery Treachery

Circle 8: Fraud CIRCLE #8.1: Pimps, Panderers, and SeducersCIRCLE #8.1: Pimps, Panderers, and Seducers CIRCLE #8.2: FlatterersCIRCLE #8.2: Flatterers CIRCLE #8.3: Simonists (Users of the Church)CIRCLE #8.3: Simonists (Users of the Church) CIRCLE #8.4: Fortunetellers and SoothsayersCIRCLE #8.4: Fortunetellers and Soothsayers CIRCLE #8.5: GraftersCIRCLE #8.5: Grafters CIRCLE #8.6: HypocritesCIRCLE #8.6: Hypocrites CIRCLE #8.7: ThievesCIRCLE #8.7: Thieves CIRCLE #8.8: Evil Counselors and DeceiversCIRCLE #8.8: Evil Counselors and Deceivers CIRCLE #8.9: Sowers of Discord/Scandal/SchismCIRCLE #8.9: Sowers of Discord/Scandal/Schism CIRCLE #8.10: FalsifiersCIRCLE #8.10: Falsifiers

CIRCLE #8.1: Pimps, Panderers, and Seducers pan·der·er n. 1. A sexual procurer. 2. One who caters to or exploits the lower tastes and desires of others.

CIRCLE #8.2: Flatterers

The Simonists CIRCLE #8.3:

CIRCLE #8.4: Fortunetellers and Soothsayers

CIRCLE #8.5: Grafters CIRCLE #8.5: Grafters “the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also: illegal or unfair gain”

CIRCLE #8.6: Hypocrites CIRCLE #8.6: Hypocrites

CIRCLE #8.7: Thieves CIRCLE #8.7: Thieves

CIRCLE #8.8: Evil Counselors and Deceivers

CIRCLE #8.9: Sowers of Discord/Scandal/Schism

Ulysses CIRCLE #8.10: Falsifiers CIRCLE #8.10: Falsifiers

traitors CassiusBrutus Judas

CIRCLE #9.1 - CAINA: Treachery to KindredCIRCLE #9.1 - CAINA: Treachery to Kindred CIRCLE #9.2 - ANTENORA: Treachery to Country or Political PartyCIRCLE #9.2 - ANTENORA: Treachery to Country or Political Party CIRCLE #9.3 - TOLOMEA: Treachery to GuestsCIRCLE #9.3 - TOLOMEA: Treachery to Guests CIRCLE #9.4 - JUDECCA: Treachery to Lords or SuperiorsCIRCLE #9.4 - JUDECCA: Treachery to Lords or Superiors LOWEST LEVEL OF HELL: The worst of those who betrayed their benefactorsLOWEST LEVEL OF HELL: The worst of those who betrayed their benefactors ~Satan, Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius (Macbeth?)

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