1. Canto 32 Alexandra Poche November 20, 2007

2. Summary and Main Points The First Two Rings of the Ninth Circle of Hell; Also Known as Treachery. Caina and Antenora: The Names of the First Two Rings. The Two Travelers Experience Watching Souls Gnaw At Each Other’

3. Characters in Canto 32 ~ Sassol Mascheroni: A Florentine Who Murdered His Own Relative. ~Camiscion de’ Pazzi: Killed a Kinsman. ~Bocca degli Abati: Betrayed His Own Political Party At The Battle of Montaperti in 1260, Also Hassles Dante For Stepping On His Head as He Walks Through This Circle. ~Tebaldello: Betrayed Own Country, Faenza, To Its Enemies.

4. More Characters in Canto 32 ~Ganelon: Betrayed His Country, Roland. ~Gianni de’ Soldanieri: A Florentinian Who Switched Political Parties, Betraying His Own. ~Beccheria: A Churchman Executed For Treason in Florence In 1258.

5. Dante’s Location and The Sinners ~Caina: The First Ring of the Ninth Circle, Holds Traitors to Their Kin, Immersed in Ice with Their Heads Bent Down, Camiscione Dei Pazzi is Found Here. ~Antenora: The Second Ring of the Ninth Circle, Holds Traitors to Their Homeland or Party, These Souls Are So Angry That They Constantly Gnaw on Each Other and Their Own Bodies, Bocca Degli Abati is Found Here. ~Dante’s Surroundings Include a Surface Below A Dark Well Where He Can See a Frozen Lake From the Old Man Crete.

6. This is a Picture of Muhammed in Dante’s Hell. He is Also Found in Another Part of the Ninth Circle of Hell.

7. Two Interpretations of Dante’s Hell