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Dante’s Inferno Canto XIX Circle 8, 3 rd level The Simonists

Dante’s Inferno Canto XIX Circle 8, 3 rd level The Simonists. David Doll, David LaGrange, Scotty Tyler, and Austin Hayburn. Canto XIX: Summary. People upside down in ground Their feet stick out and are on fire and kicking Asks Virgil about a soul

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Dante’s Inferno Canto XIX Circle 8, 3 rd level The Simonists

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  1. Dante’s Inferno Canto XIX Circle 8, 3rd level The Simonists David Doll, David LaGrange, Scotty Tyler, and Austin Hayburn

  2. Canto XIX: Summary • People upside down in ground • Their feet stick out and are on fire and kicking • Asks Virgil about a soul • “Who is that one, Master, that angry wretch, who is writhing more than any of his comrades, the one licked by a redder flame?” (Canto XIX.31-33) • Pope Nicholas III • Pope Boniface VIII to push Nicholas further • Walks Away from Nicholas • Virgil picks him up to carry him

  3. Simonists • Give money for power • Sin named after Simon Magus

  4. Sinners found here • Pope Nicholas III • Pope Boniface VIII • Pope Clement V

  5. Dante’s Reaction • This is one of the worst sins according to Dante • Compares them to prostitutes • “O Simon Magus! O scum that followed him! Those things of God that rightly should be wed to holiness, you, rapacious creatures, for the price of gold and silver, prostitute.” (Canto XIX.1-4) • Dante rules this punishment fair • Attacked Nicholas and others

  6. Why the sin fits the punishment • Stood up against the other legitimate and honest popes with their wealth and power • Trampled and walked all over the good people

  7. Allusions within Canto XIX • San Giovanni • Church in Florence • Pope Boniface VIII • Pope Clement V • Constantine • “Oh, Constantine, what evil did you sire, not by your conversion , but by the dower that the first wealthy Father got from you!”

  8. How is Canto XIX a political allegory? • Pope Boniface VIII • Dante curses all of the corrupt popes

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