Landscape & Environment
The name of the circle containing the Malebolge.
The Eighth Circle
This sound dominates the atmosphere of Bolgia 7.
The hissing of serpents
The guide who leads Dante through Malebolge.
Virgil
The term for the symbolic punishment that fits the specific sin.
Contrapasso
The specific sin committed by Guido da Montefeltro.
Fraudulent counsel
Besides the trenches, this structural feature is often found in disrepair.
Shattered bridgework
This sense is heavily impacted by the smoke of Bolgia 8.
Smell (Sulfurous air)
The centaur who lashes thieves through the ditch.
Cacus
The physical punishment for thieves in Bolgia 7.
Transformation into serpents
The Pope who manipulated Guido into advising on treachery.
Pope Boniface VIII
The type of heat that permeates the area.
Sulfurous heat
The visual sensation of the flames in Bolgia 8.
Flickering / Glittering
The Greek hero enclosed in fire for his fraudulent counsel.
Ulysses
The physical punishment for fraudulent counselors in Bolgia 8.
Enclosed in flames
The devil who claims Guido’s soul at death.
The Black Cherub
The animal life that swarms the rocky terrain of Bolgia 7.
Serpents and reptiles
The physical touch experience caused by the flames of Bolgia 8.
Burning sensation / Heat
The warrior who fought at Troy alongside Ulysses.
Diomedes
What happens to the sinner's human form upon serpent contact?
It is lost or transformed
Why is Guido damned?
False absolution cannot precede contrition
The appearance of the flames in Bolgia 8, compared to a shepherd’s sight.
Fireflies at dusk
The visual effect of the flames on the landscape of the ditches.
Eerie shadows
The blasphemous thief introduced in Canto 24.
Vanni Fucci
The fate of Guido da Montefeltro's soul upon death.
Claimed by a devil
What the flame in Bolgia 8 symbolizes regarding the sinner.
Their intellect/tongue of speech