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Who is punished in the Wood of the Suicides?
People who committed suicide
What setting do Dante and Virgil enter?
Burning desert
Who does Dante meet?
Brunetto Latini
What do the trees represent?
Loss of identity
Who is trapped in a tree?
Pier della Vigna
What are the souls turned into?
Trees
What falls from the sky?
Fire
What is he doing?
Running
Fire represents what?
Divine punishment
Who keeps insulting God?
Capaneus
How do the trees speak?
A branch must be broken
Violence here is against who?
God
Why can’t they stop moving?
Punishment gets worse
What is contrapasso?
Punishment fitting the crime
Who is Dante’s teacher?
Brunetto Latini
Who is Pier della Vigna?
Advisor to Frederick II
Who is the defiant blasphemer?
Capaneus
What does he predict for Dante?
Exile
Pier’s story shows what theme?
Despair
Who is Dante’s guide?
Virgil
What attacks the squanderers?
Black hounds
What creates Hell’s rivers?
The Old Man of Crete
What theme is shown in their interaction?
Respect vs divine justice
What emotion does Dante show?
Pity
What is the punishment system called?
Contrapasso