Outhne: Inferno Vii
OUTHNE: INFERNO VII
proem: Plutus speaks; Virgil answers; Plutus collapses
the fourth Circle and Dante’s apostrophe of Justice
simile: waves meeting between Charybdis and Scylla
the avaricious and prodigal at their “jousts”
three exchanges between Dante & Virgil:
Dante: are the tonsured ones all clerics?
Virgil’s response is affirmative
Dante expects to recognize the sinners here
Virgil: no, their sin makes them indistinguishable
Dante: what is the “Fortune” of which you speak?
Virgil’s pronouncements on the role of Fortune
Virgil prepares Dante for descent to the fifth Circle
their descent, following its source, to Styx
the bog, with the wrathful in conflict with one another
and those below the water, sighing and gurgling
coda: retrospect over Styx, prospect of tower