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Inferno: Canto 16 -- Circle 7
Inferno: Canto 16 - Circle 7. Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Inferno: Canto 16 - Circle 7. The waterfall of all three rivers we've already crossed is heard in the distance - the mingling of woe, hate, and fire are falling into the eighth circle on their way to Cocytus, the river of lamentations. In this brief mention of the rush of that spill, we get a sense of the funnel narrowing in on itself. The canto ends with Dante's noticing the beast's ascent, stopping in medias res. As though to build suspense.
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Inferno: Canto 18 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 1 and 2
Inferno: Canto 18 - Circle 8, Bolgia 1 and 2. Wednesday, January 26, 2005. Inferno: Canto 18 - Circle 8, Bolgia 1 and 2. The poets take note of Jason of the Argonauts and cross into the second bolgia, filled with flatterers who wade through a river of processed food (note how I avoid using Dante's 'shit'), the noteworthy being Thais. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:56 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Inferno: Canto 18 - Circle 8, Bolgia 1 and 2.
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Inferno: Canto 19 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 3
Inferno: Canto 19 - Circle 8, Bolgia 3. Saturday, January 29, 2005. Inferno: Canto 19 - Circle 8, Bolgia 3. 9 A man named Simon used to practice magic 4 in the city and astounded the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. 10 All of them, from the least to the greatest, paid attention to him, saying, "This man is the 'Power of God' that is called 'Great.'". 11 They paid attention to him because he had astounded them by his magic for a long time,. 20 But Peter said to him, "May your money perish ...
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Inferno: Canto 20 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 4
Inferno: Canto 20 - Circle 8, Bolgia 4. Saturday, January 29, 2005. Inferno: Canto 20 - Circle 8, Bolgia 4. Now must I sing new griefs, and my verses strain/ to form the matter of the Twentieth Canto/ of Canticle One, the Canticle of Pain" (1-3). Still like the other fools? There is no place/ for pity here./ Who is more arrogant / within his soul, who is more impious/ than one who dares to sorrow at God's judgment? Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:02 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Inferno: Canto 21 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 5
Inferno: Canto 21 - Circle 8, Bolgia 5. Sunday, January 30, 2005. Inferno: Canto 21 - Circle 8, Bolgia 5. Had best not be seen/ by these Fiends till I am ready" (61-2). In his analysis of this, Ciardi writes that "it is only in the passage through this Bolgia, out of the total. Once Malacoda assembles a group of malicious guides, Dante quite rightly protests, "In the name of heaven, Master, . . . what sort/ of guides are these? Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:08 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Inferno: Canto 24 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 7
Inferno: Canto 24 - Circle 8, Bolgia 7. Wednesday, February 02, 2005. Inferno: Canto 24 - Circle 8, Bolgia 7. We meet our poets at the beginning of this canto not here with us in the seventh bolgia but still negotiating their way out of the pit of the hypocrites, and just as reason can assist our climb out of hypocrisy were we to employ it to that end, Virgil assists Dante to the pit's rim and chastises him for resting at the end. "'Up on your feet! This is no time to tire! View my complete profile.
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Inferno: Canto 26 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 8
Inferno: Canto 26 - Circle 8, Bolgia 8. Friday, February 04, 2005. Inferno: Canto 26 - Circle 8, Bolgia 8. 110-11). The ship passed the Equator and arrived at the base of Mount Purgatory where an angel of G-d pulled it underwater, drowning the crew so that Ulysses's death by water precipitated an eternity in fire. Why is Ulysses in hell as an evil counselor, then? Fee-fie-foe-fum - the next canto beckons, and I smell the blood of an Italian. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:21 PM. View my complete profile.
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Inferno: Canto 27 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 8
Inferno: Canto 27 - Circle 8, Bolgia 8. Saturday, February 05, 2005. Inferno: Canto 27 - Circle 8, Bolgia 8. Respond to the question, "Why do they come to the mall? With the answer, "It's a habit for them in life, so they continue it in death," we find the same answer could be given here. What might we learn from that? Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:22 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Inferno: Canto 27 - Circle 8, Bolgia 8.
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Inferno: Canto 28 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 9
Inferno: Canto 28 - Circle 8, Bolgia 9. Sunday, February 06, 2005. Inferno: Canto 28 - Circle 8, Bolgia 9. Vedi come storpiato è Maometto. Just as Mohamed showed interest and concern in the fate of someone still living, so, too, does the unnamed soul who introduces Curio, whose tongue has been cut out for his crime of counseling Caesar to cross the Rubicon and start the Civil War that would eventually lead to his assassination (we saw Caesar with the Virtuous Pagans, you might say - what's up with that?
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Inferno: Canto 29 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 10
Inferno: Canto 29 - Circle 8, Bolgia 10. Monday, February 07, 2005. Inferno: Canto 29 - Circle 8, Bolgia 10. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:27 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Inferno: Canto 29 - Circle 8, Bolgia 10.
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Inferno: Canto 30 -- Circle 8, Bolgia 10
Inferno: Canto 30 - Circle 8, Bolgia 10. Tuesday, February 08, 2005. Inferno: Canto 30 - Circle 8, Bolgia 10. It is important that we understand this much about community if we are to understand the nature of hell (and conversely of G-d), which makes this a good heads up for what you're about to encounter below. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 1:29 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Inferno: Canto 30 - Circle 8, Bolgia 10.
