In Canto 32, this is the ninth circle of Hell in which contains people who commit sins of betrayal: such as disloyalty and dishonesty against family members, country, beneficiaries, or traitors in battle. Dante refers to be, “the bottom of the universe” that contains a multitude of many sinners, “horde of sinners beyond all others ill-begot”. Here its also divided into two regions: the first one called Caina referring to Cain in the bible, who betrayed his brother by murdered him. The second region called Antenora, intended for political people, sinners against their own country or nation. Like the Trojan Prince Antenor, that conspired with the Greeks to destroy Troy.

In Canto 33, Dante is on the final circle of Hell, here Dante encounters count Ugolino who is eating the head of Archbishop Ruggieri. Apparently they are in Hell because both committed since count Ugolino, he did a favor to Archbishop Ruggieri, but Ruggieri instead locked his four sons and Ugolino in a tower. Both Ugolino and Riggieri committed betrayal unto one another, by betraying people they know and have some sort of “alliance”. Dante also encounters Frier Alberigo, as he asks him to remove the ice from his eyes, because he wants to “let his heart weep a while before the weeping freeze his eyes again”, here Dante give us a vivid image of how these people in Hell feel. Dante is seeing the consequences of been in Hell, that even the smallest sins can get you in Hell, and all he will suffer greatly if he doesn’t change.

In Canto 19, there is some judgment and hypocrisy, thus fraud by the Catholic Church as we noticed some members of the church are in hell, Dante faces Pope  Nicholas III, as he is buried in hell for committing the crime of simony. This give us a clear understanding that no matter what level in society you are, if you do wrong things in life, you will end up in hell. Popes sin too and are fake to profess God’s word, instead they pretend and fail to comply to be “holy”. This shows how morality is important in life, like the Pope, if you fail you end in hell for your bad actions. We also noticed Dante’s verbal attacks to this Pope, which we can interpret as a reflection to who Dante’s resentment  is, this case the church.

In Canto 26, Dante recognizes Ulysses and Diomedes, from Florence, who committed fraud too during the Trojan War.  They are responsable for the Trojan horse and the destruction and looting of the Palladium (Athena’s temple). This shows how Ulysses and Diomedes went against their morals since they betrayed their country and their people. Therefore, in Canto 26 Dante witnesses the consequences of bad morality, either for profit or revenge, he is now seeing that taking revenge will only make him be in hell and that he will suffer greatly for this action. Dante needs to embrace his good morality and not let anger win, regardless what other people have done.

In Canto X, still in the Sixth Circle of Hell Virgil describes the belief of one of the groups, the Epicureans, they followed pleasure in life because they believe that the soul died with the body. Farinata appears, he’s a political leader of Dante’s era, pointing out that no one is exempt from been in Hell, regardless of you previous position, you end up in Hell, literally. That is how Dante felt when he was expelled and banished from Florence, just for expressing his opinion, he suffered and was tormented by the position he was put on, thus creating a fictional “hell” for him. In Canto XIII, when they entered the Second ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell, Dante describes it as strange eerie “atmosphere”, with horrifying cries of suffering, but they do not see the souls where the cries are coming from. When Dante snaps a twig of a tree, its amazing how the trees portrays human characteristics, cries out of pain, and blood starts to run down its bark. Virgin then tells the tree to tell Dante of his story, we noticed how trees and bushes can “talk”. Making a comparison to Jesus’ experience in the old testament. In Canto XV, dante and Virgil enter the Second Zone of the Seventh Circle’s Third Ring, where Latini’s soul predicts that Dante will be rewarded for his heroic political actions. But Dante disagrees to this and tells that Fortune will do what she wants, regardless of what is really meant to be.

In Dante’s the inferno, we noticed how there are some biblical comparisons throughout the cantos. In Canto l, we are introduced to Dante wondering alone in a dark forest, which might be a comparison to the path he went through when he was exiled, “Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself In dark woods, the right road lost”, (lines 1-2), comparing it to what he was passing through mentally and on his life. Dante encounters the great Roman poet, Virgil, portrayed as a spirit or shade.  Dante goes on traveling his journey to heaven with the help and guidance of ancient gods and goddesses and poetry. In Canto ll, Virgil leads Dante to the gate of hell. In Canto V, where the sinners confess their sins to the Minos. Its striking how Dante describes this dark place, where rain flows abundantly, and these gusty winds tear the air. And the souls of the damned swirl in the wind, helplessly through the stormy air.

On Act IV we notice that the three witches are chanting spells. Which to me, the witches used a lot of imagery to describe each bizarre ingredients, like on page 106, lines 4-38, ” 1 Witch. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw.— Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter’d venom, sleeping got, Boil thou first i’th’charmed pot. All. Double, double toil and trouble: Fire, burn; and, cauldron, bubble. 2Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble,…”, they were preparing a charm and making conjures. It was interested that on Act IV & V, the son of Macbeth was killed by a Murderers, Lady Macbeth took her life, and ultimately Macbeth was kill by Macduff, those events to me were let by Macbeth wrongdoing so it was like a payback or punishment for his bad deed. On Act IV, Macbeth says something that captured my attention, ” And all our yesterdays have lighted fools”, to me Macbeth is saying that he fooled many by his bad deed. On the last Act V, I thought it was an interesting way Macbeth compared life, subsequently leading to death, “Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, That struts and trets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and furry, signifying nothing.”, here Macbeth is saying that Life is like a player on a board game, but portrayed on a stage of a theatrical play. When the play is over, so do you, you die meaningless.

On Act III of Macbeth, we noticed the though of Banquo regarding Macbeth coronation and about the weird sisters’ prophecy, “Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the Weird Women promis’d, and, I fear,  Thou play dst most foully for’t; yet it was said,    It should not stand in thy posterity; But that myself should be the root and father    Of many Kings. If there come truth from them (As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine), why, by the veritres on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope? But, hush; no more.” (3, 72, 1-10), since the witches foretold Macbeth that he will become King, and Banquo feeling of ambition are altered by this. It is interesting that throughout the play the term , AMBITION, is seen again in Banquo. It is interesting how Shakespeare uses this characteristic to portray that ambition is a powerful feel among these characters.

The first thing that caught my eye in the play of Macbeth was on act 1 of how Shakespeare begins introducing three witches. “1 witch. When shall we three meet again? In thunder or in rain? (3;1-2),  it starts with an imagery entrance of the set taking place with thunder and lighting crash over the Scottish land.  Someone can actually  feel and hear how the atmosphere is like. By giving a powerful description of how these three witches appear out of the storm. With s spooky entrance I must add. The expressions of the witches’ plans to meet again and confront Macbeth, “3 witch. That will be ere the set of the sun. 1 witch. Where the place? 2 witch. There to meet with Macbeth.” Continued with creepy magic spells they disappeared with an arranged future gathering to meet Macbeth.  The depiction of how the three witches magically disappeared, ” Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.”, it gives you like a sense of visualization of how they disappeared smoky and obscure illustration.