Dante believed that politicians were the general decision makers. He was not in favor of the power the popes of his time had, such as Pope Boniface. He thought that the popes were spoiling their roles as religious leaders and role models for society by owning property, and were being degraded by the money and political power that was given to them. These political/religious leaders were the main problems facing Italy; this is why Dante placed them in the lower levels of hell.

From the second part of the seventh circle and up, the sinners are portrayed in a more usual manner. Suicides and murderers, who are considered the worst of all, occupy the seventh circle. In canto XIII the suicides explain, “I am he who held both keys to Frederick’s heart, / locking, unlocking with so deft a touch/ that scarce another soul had any part (58-60).” In this circle, one of the suicides who said, “I am he…” is Pier delle Vigne, who was a powerful minist

In addition to the Italian figures encircled within the problematic political system of Italy, Dante speaks to many historical figures through his journey. He is lead by Virgil, who was an Italian poet. Virgil has with great knowledge, Dante says in canto II to Virgil, “ O Muses! O High Genius! Be my aid! / O Memory, recorder of the vision, / here shall your true nobility be displayed! (7-9).” Not only did Virgil write poetry and books, he predicted the birth of Christ in The Aeneid. Virgil shows this ability of foreseeing things in the first canto when Dante is prevented from climbing the mountain by a she-wolf. This she-wolf represents the ruined and corrupted state; Virgil exclaims that the greyhound will come and, “…track her down to make her die in anguish (I, 102).” Virgil also says later on in lines 103 and 104 that having killed the she-wolf; the greyhound “…will not feed on either land or money.” Later he explains this allegory when he says that the greyhound has come to save the fallen Italy. The greyhound is symbolic of the savior figure that Dante interprets as one who restitutes and leads Italy back to an ideal roman way of life.

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