Dante's Inferno & The 9 Levels of Hell Explained
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Spark Note Guide (the analysis parts are kinda dumb but the Canto summary helps understand the original text): www.litcharts.com/lit/inferno...
Once again, the illustrations are that of the late & great Gustave Dore
Timestamps
Dante Alighieri - 00:00
The Beginning - 7:16
Layer 1 - 14:53
Layer 2 - 19:17
Layer 3 - 22:10
Layer 4 - 26:18
Layer 5 - 27:53
Layer 6 - 33:18
Layer 7 - 40:15
Layer 8 - 55:53
Layer 9 - 1:15:03
Conclusions - 1:27:13
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Make a video about Isabelle Janke!
You shit with that wallet?
“I wonder where I can get a wallet like that?”
Ok, did I read the script good?
Do purgatorio next
"That's why yo shoes raggedy."
Dante: "That's why yo mama in Hell."
*vine boom sound*
even more powerful than JK Rowling
I don’t know why but I laughed so damn hard at this 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭
You will learn
Bruh
This meme been dead for 9 months bru
dante: sitting in his house writing his little fanfiction
dante's landlord: aye man, rent's due
dante: >:( I'll show you
Lmaoo 😂
This made me laugh so much as he writes in his book and says yeah this will show him!!
Give me rent
Average Hasan viewer
Haha
Landlord :: ooh no not that
My guy Dante really just made the first ever tier list
Where he goes to S tier
Virgil is an S tier pagan
"starting off with lust. I mean, it's a sin, but it's not that bad. I'm gonna put it in C tier"
@@Chris_winthersMeanwhile in Persona 5…
John 15:10
I can't lie, Satan being a 3-headed mountain sized monster chewing on the 3 biggest sinners of all time has got to be the best character design I've ever seen.
666 likes lol
That's a really interesting represetation of Satan, cause it's not an active entity, just a machinery, leaving to the sinners all responsability
Wait until Paradisio if you understand what you are looking at.
@@fehmeh6292??
That's gonna be Blackbeard's zoan fruit power
Dante: *is in literal hell*
Also Dante: Damn... well... at least we're not in Pisa.
Yeah fuck pisa
Wait until you see Pomezia.
as someone who lives in Pisa i can tell you that despite many centurys have past people form Florance and other big citys in Tuscany still playfully hate Pisa and make similar jokes
@@sebizzus those Pisa jokes must be getting old by now...🤷🏻♀️😇
Hope you`re having a good christmas🎁🎅🏼❤️
@@LIZA_BOBO depends which way you lean
dantes inferno is basically just
dante: dang this guy is getting his ballsack crushed for eternity, thats not epic
virgil: this is the man who ate your sandwich
dante: he deserves it
😂😂 underrated comment
I am proud to say I am your one thousandth like
this comment is comedy gold
Yeah but in italy you study that ne wrote the book only to put a girl he met once in heaven lok
@@yourmomsfavorite69 "comedy" gold
👈👈😎
Dante: “I can excuse murder, but I draw the line at homosexuality.”
The Church: “You can excuse murder?”
Makes sense, he was sending so many to hell in his fiction
The amount of stuff the church already excuses lol pot calling a kettle black
Biblical fanfiction is wiiiiild-
this MIGHT be community
I mean, the crusades were a whole thing, so the church must of agreed
The actual reason lust wasn't a deeper circle of hell is because of all the lust he felt for vergil.
You're the kind of person that calls Sam and Frodo gay. You probably just don't know what having a friend is like
@@Opener73it was a joke calm down
@@Opener73Dante and Virgil weren't even alive at the same time, they were not friends 😭 Wtf do Frodo and Sam have to do with this
@akechi1068 wow you figure that out on your own? Did you know Sam and Fordo aren't real people too? They are both friends within a story. Anytime two guys are loyal friends, weirdos want to make them a couple. The reason is because they are degenerates who never had or been a good friend.
@akechi1068 "cus gay people killed my grandma ok!!"
Minotaur: *appears*
Virgil: yo shoes raggedy.
Minotaur: *has seizure*
That part made me cry. Dantes inferno is such a beautiful story
BUSTED ASS ADIDA
Virgil: WHAT ARE THOOOOOOOOOSE
Virgil: "your jordans are fake"
Virgil was just built different
Dante: “I said whoever threw that paper, your moms in hell!”
🤣😩🤣🤣
Lmao😂😂😂😂😂
Top tier comment 💀💀💀💀 I read it in his voice
@@blacgyp7538 yea me too 😂😂😂
LMAOOO
My boy Dante really woke up one day and decided to write the first ever fanfic in human history, and everyone to this day is still fine with that
Intruder alert
A RED SPY IS IN THE BASE
ALTERNATE SPOTTED BOYS, LIGHT 'EM UP
"A RED SPY IS IN THE BASE?!"
PROTECT THE BRIEFCASE
I don't know how accurate it is to call the Divine Comedy a self-insert fanfic but it certainly feels like it
It is absolutely accurate to call it a self-insert fanfic
Original sonichu
well, it's a fanfic with him inserted, so i'd say it's accurate
That is essentially exactly what it is… 😂
If you keep dunking on Dante's writing like this, he's gonna put you in the turbo layer of Hell when he writes Dante's Inferno 2, man.
Divine Comedy 2 when?
I love this comment
Dante’s reincarnation: “And here we reach the 9th circle of Super Hell where we see Wendigoon who made fun of me on TH-cam.”
@@agiammarco94 That's exactly what I want
At the time of my comment the original comment has 666 likes
Dante definitely wrote this laying on his stomach with his feet in the air like "and then virgil said i was so cool"
I hear this in Eric Cartman's voice. Not sure why.
@@-septimus “sohhhh kewwl “
@@-septimus Cartman' s inferno, make it real South park
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@rockhistoria2537 Thats a GREAT idea!!!! If only I had talent....Bro, you gotta do it!
The idea of human traffickers being forced to take part in an endless Pacer Fitness Test is truly wonderful
I immediately thought of the Fitness Gram Pacer Test as well XD
Fun fact, the Lust level's contropasso or punishment is not a whirlwind. That was a figure of speech and all people who read the original version and understand the language will tell you that those people are actually just always on the verge of an orgasm but never being able to achieve one.
that actually doesn't sounds that bad
world's longest edging sesh lmfao
And Dante started crying when he saw this lmao
No wonder Dante cried. The supermassive hell edging session must have been beautiful frfr
Goon sesh
Dante created fanfiction and people just consider it canon
And we study it for at least 3 years in the Italian school system. Fun times.
I mean twilight fanfiction became cannon in a way... in the form of fifty shades of grey. So anything is possible!
Well isn’t the Bible and Christianity fan fiction? I’m a bit lost. It’s all an allegory.
@@creamysauce5351 new testament sort of is fanfic yeah
To use pro wrestling terms, The Divine Comedy is just one big shoot promo against his enemies.
Dante has "what is going on in Florence" as an option in all speech encounters.
He still needs to start the Florence quest line.
this reminds me of when i ignore main quest in zelda to do side quests and everyone i talk to vaguely references the mess I'm supposed to be fixing
He is basically Ryo from Shenmue except instead of looking for sailors he really wants to know what's going on in Florence.
This story would be a great concept for a story driven narrative game you are Dante wandering through hell progressively falling deeper into hell until you reach the center of hell and make your way all the way to paradise
X - Sarcastic
A - Yes
B - No
Y - Have you heard of any news from Florence?
I love how he put debt collectors deeper than literally Attila the Hun, like you know he had some landlord he HAAAAATEDDDDD
i like how Dante amd Vergil's characters treat the literal hell with horrors beyond comprehension like a safari trip
like, Vergil saw guys who got turned into trees with their former human bodies hanging on the branches of their new bodies and told Dante to literally break off one of those guys' limb like a stupid "heya pull my finger" type of prank
Tax collector's going straight to the bottom of hell is actually pretty based
'Based' is a new word that seems really popular. What exactly does it mean? Not trying to start anything, honestly curious.
@@seanrosenau2088 “based in facts” or just something you say when someone says an opinion you agree with, so in this instance they believe tax collectors going to hell is a good/righteous thing :)
Usury is a sin for Christianity and Islam, 2/3 of the abrahamic religions
@@jaybee3999 In Judaism as well
@@Hamboarding ya to each other,but to every one else is fine
The idea of Dante having a personal experience with tax collectors and aggressively writing them into the deeper parts of hell in his fanfic makes me laugh
He understands the human condition
I got a sloppy burger in my order the other day, that person is definitely going to be a main character in my book about hell.
@@bgee461 as he should
Jesus Is King.!!!!!!!!!
@@AbsentMinded619 judas is the main betrayer
The fact that dante came up with all of this is really insane to me
A science fiction writer, pournelle or niven,had an updated version where one area of hell was for slave traders
I read another one where nature polluters also had a level in hell, I think they were forever pedaling a not moving bike. @@nosuchthing8
Dante is the only guy we will forgive for bragging about how good of a writer he is, because he actually is a good writer
Not sure about that, the story is just that:
Virgil: this is where tax evaders suffer
Dante: cool
*continues to walk*
@@Alphaterm1457 Well he is recognized as one of the greatest poets in history today. So everything he said when he was writing about himself turned out to be true. And if you actually read the Inferno you can really see the true, deep, and meaningful poetry that is beyond pointing and looking.
@@Alphaterm1457 english speakers can't understand the importance of Dante's poertry and language... He became one of the foundations of what then became the national language of an entire country and loads of expressions he literally invented are still commonly used in italian after 700 years...
@@baroncicala1934sort of like Shakespear?
@@Alphaterm1457He was one of the greatest writers of all time.
Soul: Please help me this sucks so bad.
Dante: Y'know what else sucks? Society.
Dam that's deep 😔
Dante knew we live in one
society
bottom stanza
Dante: My life is nothing but a devine comedy.
I'm XIV and this is deep
This man really went to Hell to roast everyone who was suffering already
Roast everyone who was roasting😂
@@NjamNjam0 wow, didnt expect to see Najo here. WARHAMMER F-F-FAINT ME NI HAO
lol Dante being a menace
bro did the equivalent of slapping a homeless guy with a block of 10 grand 😭😭
@@lukeistrash5940 The first comment in here creased me. This comment ended me, lmfaaaooo
this entire video makes me laugh no matter how many times i watch. dante laying on his bed with his pen, angrily writing, "and this stupid dumb idiot who called me ugly is now burning in hell. also virgil loves me and thinks im awesome and hot and muscular"
Charon: You can't use this boat, that man ain't dead yet.
Virgil: nahh he's chill and we on a mission from god
Charon: oh my bad g's i gotchu
Dante when people are being burned alive: I sleep 😴
Dante when people are walking backwards: real shit 👁👁
I mean you can see people getting burned alive normally nothing special like walking backwards
Weirdly it makes sense
@@micahmorris3101 how does it make sense?
I mean if I saw people being burned alive I’d pass out or sleep cause it resolves my issues but walking backwards is kinda unusual and not as overwhelming as watching people being burned alive😂
Dante when people are burning in coffins: understandable. Have a good day 👋 🧐
Sinner: "I am literally in the most pain a human being can experience right now, and I will be until the end of ti-"
Dante: "So what about Florence though, you heard anything juicy about Florence recently?"
“Particularly people I don’t like” “I mean you’ve got all the time in the world for a little gossip right haha”
💯💀💯💀💯💀💯
Dante was Joe Rogan several centuries before Joe Rogan
"That's crazy, man. Any news from Florence?"
A true Italian
Dante: “You live in Genoa? Bro, that is kinda cringe.”
It just dawned on me, how the name “Dante’s Inferno” is, quite literally, a hell of Dante’s design. Not in the sense that it caters to his weaknesses to torture him, as other stories do, but it’s literally a hell the he thought up and decided upon. Since it’s a comedy, I don’t really feel like he believes this stuff, but believes that this stuff would be accurate in a world of his making. It’s like Dante, himself, is being led through a hell that he created by someone he admires. This isn’t THE hell, it’s Dante’s hell: the hell Dante made. It would explain all of the “I don’t like you, so you’re in hell now”.
But maybe I’m coping XD I’d believe it.
I wouldn't say you're coping at all. That sounds like a much more genuine interpretation than some of these brain rot "lawl fan insert" comments with 5k+ likes.
It reminds me of that one part in the game(yes, I'm aware of their massive differences) where Dante demands to know why he can't see the enemies of the crusaders in the Inferno. Lucifer responds mockingly that they thought their cause was holy too, implying that they are indeed suffering as well, and then says "But this isn't their hell Dante, it's yours".
Genuinely one of the best takes I’ve heard on this
But you can make these assumptions only in english. In the original language, it's just Inferno, nothing else
@@thelastpagan4999 fair point.
“My name is Dante Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way”
The way I WHEEZED when I read this comment. 😂😂
THIS REFERENCE IS A MASTERPIECE
Dante: "It gets worse as you go down"
Layer 6: Flaming coffins
Layer 8: Heavy coats
Flaming coffins? No the gay part was later
@Magne M layer 9 is for people who talk about their grindset on social media
I was thinking about that a bit. If the interiors are LEAD, that shit is stupidly heavy, hence lead pipe being a long running murder weapon in Clue. Depending on how those coats are constructed, they're possibly marching around in a manner where breathing would be next to impossible while being completely encumbered. (Not to mention what that would do to the shoulders the weight is draped over.) Worse than perma-roast, unlikely. Still not the best day in the afterlife to have.
@@jasonrhome710 ironically, a lead pipe is one of the least deadly weapons every.
you can punch a hole through lead, you can bend it, rip it with your bare hands even, lead is incredibly malleable.
the solid lead you see isn't actually solid lead, it'll be a lead alloy
but that also means you could mold the lead into a support system that you could lean back on while standing - the only way it would be heavy enough as pure lead would be if there's a lot of it, like inches thick all over - but lead being incredibly malleable means an inch think can be spread millimeters thin under enough pressure (less pressure the hotter it is...)
you could build a lot outta that coat
@Magne M damn imagine listening to drake in stage 1 limbo dude
You missed mentioning the 800 year old fart joke. While Dante and Virgil are walking by the demons, one of them "made a trumpet of his ass."
I'm using that line from now on 🤣
800 years old
Oh goodness, this gave me a good laugh 😅
In italian it's "e del cul fece trombetta" which just sounds perfect and wholesome
Its really is the divine comedy
I just love the fact that Dante comitted the sins mentioned as he walk through the hell. Its like he saw what will happen to him once he passed away.
Dante was actually a pretty good person overall
@@alfalldoot6715oh you met him?
@@alfalldoot6715being a talented writer doesnt mean you're a good person
@huhbooh I don't think they meant that.
@@tunestable I am his reincarnation and I can say with certainty that I'm a pretty nice guy.
The only thing this is missing is a detailed description of what Dante and Virgil are wearing/change into every layer.
Do you happen to know I'm very curious
They're naked
sinners: "please help me, i'm in so much pain"
Dante: ...
Dante: ...ok but like..
Dante: 𝐇𝐨𝐰'𝐬 𝑭𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬?
Imagine if this happened in modern times and you’re a dead soul and you see a living soul come up to you through unknown means and just being like “yo what’s going on in Cleveland?”
@@Leonyithas asdfsjsks exactly
Lol ikr
@@Leonyithas bruh I’m in Cleveland right now
@@Leonyithas the hotel has corn stalks outside of it
"The people above level 6 aren't being actively tortured."
Guy on level 3 getting torn the fuck in half by Cerberus: *Yeah you right*
There's only 1 cerberus, so it's more fear than anything.
Only if they get caught
Cerberus is a good boy, i pet him all the time in Hades
@@triggeredbeetle5370 lol
If everybody playing dead on the 3rd level is Cerberus just gonna be like oh dang theres no one around to eat... probably not
I love how while he's in the middle of hell he still takes the time to diss other cities in the real world. Like "yeah this is hell but you know what's worse? Los Angeles."
Dante: The original iceberg creator.
Virgil: “Liars and deceivers belong in the 8th circle of hell”
*Dante lying about freeing this dudes face*
Virgil: 👁👄👁
Oh no, but in Dante's case, the other guy really deserved it, so 100% justified, right?
Virgil thought it wouldn't count since he was already in hell and the mc had plot armor as a perk and 100 speech
"Virgil, hear me out. It's ironic justice...... He.... DESERVES that lie."
🤔🤔 Damn you right tho, just keep your bias chill you fkking hypocrite😂🤙
nah, he didn't lie he changed his mind
I mean Dante has done other things since in the original story he also ranted about how he hates certain cities and wished people in those cities would die.
I swear Dante is that one kid you accidentally pushed in line and he kept threatening to get you back. So a few years later, he puts you in the 9th circle of hell in his poem.
Jesus Is King.!!!!!!!
I can not confirm or deny I was this child too.
@@au8363 😃 uhm can you like not.
@@mariawhite7337 We all have a little Dante in us ✨
Drake be like
20:51 wendigoon is always ahead of topics dude called the “do you think about the Roman Empire” thing
I always appreciate that deliberate, 1 second pause between “as always,” and “thank you for watching.” It makes me feel genuinely appreciated. Thank you wendigoon!
*people suffering in hell for eternity*
Dante: "can we talk about the political and economic state of the world right now?"
i always thought Dante’s Inferno was a metaphor to the real world. kinda like a wake up call.
he would love jaden smith
🤓🤓🤓
"i've come to talk to you about your cars extended warranty"
Twitter was a mindset before Twitter.
Fun fact: in the book of Purgatory, Dante implies he himself will end up on the ledge that punishes people who were arrogant in life. So, he not only was full of himself, he happily embraced it
I thought of that too...he is narcissistic, judgemental, lacks true empathy to be honest...he only sympathizes with anyone who is from Rome, not even Italians in general 😂 or famous philosophers from ancient greece...who are still in hell.
Oh so he's going to hell himself?
That is hilarious omg
@@jeffreyphillip936 no, he says he'll pass a lot of time in the frame of Pride in Purgatory
The idea is that Purgatory is a temporary penitence for virtuous souls that aren't ready for Heaven when they die.
@@jeffreyphillip936 nope, not hell, he's too good for that. Guess he figured putting himself in heaven would've been a little too on the nose, so he settled for purgatory instead, which has ledges to climb to since it's a mountain
I just noticed something on this watch. Dante wrote about the Earth being round. It's another refutation of the myth that people back then thought the Earth was flat until "Columbus proved it was round." I love it!
I'm envisioning Dante and Virgil wearing suits and sunglasses like the blues brothers. You know, because they're on a mission from God.
I feel like Dante has his own layer of hell where this video plays on repeat for eternity just continuously insulting his ego
🤣🤣🤣
And that’s our layer of heaven ;)
It must be pride circle in general.
Just imagine someone who you adored insulting the shit out of you in the most gruesome, creative, awesome, but hurtsome way there can be. And whenever you speak up to them, your tongue gets cut out, to regenerate back until next time you speak up, and so on.
@@Crazylom you should write a sequel
@@rockhistoria2537 you mean remake?
I love that a part of this story involves Dante meeting his favorite writers and being like "Oh my god. I'm a big fan. You guys are the shit." and they're like "No, Dante. YOU are the shit. Alright, see ya later!"
And then everyone clapped and Dante made a sick backflip
And here we are today talking about Dante and his works.
And they are in fucking hell
It’s just a fan fiction
@@coffingxrlliterally lmao, tho technically all works that are not fiction are fan fiction
This is the greatest Ultrakill fanfiction I’ve ever heard.
Ikr where’s the gopro with coins
Prime 3 gonna be Virgil
@@kaiserstalin111 wait, why is that actually a pretty cool concept
@@kaiserstalin111that actually might be the case
Dude, i LOVE how you linked the references/ "key concepts" in the description. Currently in a rabbit hole, i shant emerge until my ADHD hyperfixation is satisfied.... see u next week.
Human traffickers being cursed to an eternal pacer test is the best thing in the story
"The punishments were just to the crime" Literally only the first 2 punishments made sense before he just started making shit up lmao
*beep*
@@gm2349
With exceptions. I don’t know about you but eternally drowning in a river of boiling blood, boiling tar, having to stand in extremely hot sand and punished for sitting down, amongst other things are brutal for the sinners that’s intended for.
@@topsecret1837 there’s that and then walking with your head on backwards or something
Every punishment was a poethic way to counter the sin. Those who wanted to look too far ahead in the future, are condemned to look behind for eternity. Those who hid the truth for personal gain, are condemned to wander hidden in a flame. Those who tried to split people in life with their action, are now condemned to endure splitted in the body.
I'm currently studying Dante in college and what i got from Inferno is that it's 70% political symbolism, 10% religious beliefs and 20% virgin Dante vs. Gigachad Virgil
@@am-ranth8955 lol
Audible has a great set of lectures on The Divine Comedy. Goes through the history of the period and the wider political system. Given by William R Cook and Ronald B Herzman. 8Hrs but worth it. Might be able to grab it on a trial of Audible and then cancel it?
>Rolls through hell
>Is tired to be stop
> *“I’m on a mission from God”*
>Doesn’t elaborate further
>leaves
Figures
OP, is this the first time you've read DI?
I love telling people that Dante was the first fanfic writer when they dunk on fanfic, seeing their faces is always fun.
Dante was waaay ahead of his time! It was groundbreaking when he made Dante say "its Danting time" then infernoed all over the place
If Dante existed today he would've been a Redditor and made a podcast
He would've written a sprawling fanfic filled with his propoganda. Or worse... A webcomic.
I did not need the mental image of neckbeard Dante using the biggest words he can think of to assert his superiority
@@arempy5836 no he would most definitely make one of those old newgrounds series 💀💀💀
@@TonyBustaroni devout
@@Ultamami …devote devout Christian..??
Dante was the original memer to make himself a chad and his enemies a soyjak
Seriously *Virgil* would be the Ultimate Giga Chad & Dante Mr Derp face just check out the artwork of them in history..
imagine saying this to a pilgrim
Yeah, but he did fight in battles. So he has some credit
@@dogsscientist the equivalent of giving and Amish person 47 Benadryl
Pope Soyniface VIII: “Do you really think that I’m going to suffer in hell for abusing the power and privilege given to me by God?”
Chadte Alighieri: “YES.”
As an Italian I've had to read this book in high school and we'd go through every metaphor and explanation.
I didn't appreciate it back then as I was just a bored teen, but I still remember most of it and it fills my chest with Italian pride.
Reading in the original language was such a privilege, although complex and difficult, but I'm thankful I did.
Appreciate you for taking the time to learn and explain the Divina Commedia because I truly believe it is peak literature.
What I would really like to see is Wendigoon do a series of the Bible. Just explaining it all. I would love to listen to that!
listen to the weird bible podcast!
Waiter: Forgets to refilll Dante's drink.
Dante: Furiously writes name in Hell column.
Layer 9, part 3
Betrayl against guest
"Ya know what, you're going in the pope hole."
I just imagine Dante has his own “death note” but it’s just a list of people in or going to hell.
Dante is the first fanfic writer in history, he even has a self insert who has his favorite character tell him he’s awesome
OMG stop, this is hilarious 🤣 but so true. I legit thought the same thing.
Don’t forget his very own Mary Sue angel Beatrice. A woman who he only met twice (first at 9 years old) with the meetings about 9 years apart, who married someone else. I don’t think they were ever romantically involved. But he held unrequited love his entire life.
That is the ultimate fanfic move: turn your crush (who probably doesn’t know you exist) into a Perfect Mary Sue who is totally in love with you because you are soooo cool…
He definitely had a praise kink
dante is a lot like chris chan, he paints himself as a man everyone loves and respects in his own story and includes lots of people he looks up to and knows in real life. he also punishes people he didn't like in real life, just like chris chan.
Fun fact: the Divine Comedy came to Dante in a dream, and it was basically treated as a holy vision by a bunch of people in the Catholic Church. Holy visions were kind of common back in the day? But yeah, people believed that he really went to Hell, Purgatory and Heaven and the Comedy is a retelling of a real thing he did.
I’m very grateful for you and your videos. I didn’t realize how in depth you go and the amount of content you probably have to go through until I was sitting in my history class, and my teacher had the idea to teach us about Dante’s Inferno so she put on another different video and I don’t wanna disrespect its creator but it didn’t talk about half the things you say. Thank you for the things you do and I can’t wait to see more content from you.
I absolutely love this . I watched all 3 . Then started over. I love the transformation in your reference for Dante the writer , you can really tell you read these one at a time and then did the videos ( which is awesome) , because the first one you’ve got a lot of jokes and don’t seem to have a lot of reverence for Dante , then by the end of purgatory your tone for the man has changed greatly and you can’t hold back tears. What a journey you had too! Amazing it’s kinda all set up that way . Fantastic job !
Kinda funny how Dante's hell doesn't punish Pride/Vanity.
Well of course not, if that was so Dante would be there
@@geekfreak315 Is it really pride if you openly acknowledge your limits?
It does punish pride, in the swamp part of hell after wrath
@@lyokianhitchhiker You would hope he'd acknowledge them, lest he makes himself sound like God.
But his self-aggrandizing fanfiction sure doesn't sound like he has any big limits a normal person wouldn't have. Very "humble" indeed.
@@MajorLawliet I’m saying he’s not really exaggerating any of his positive traits.
A piece of old biblical self-insert fan-fiction is not only, one of the most hardcore, heavy metal, horrifying piece of fiction that a human being has ever put on a piece of paper, but also the basis of modern Italian.
what those darn italians were up to huh👀
@@isabelateixeira3713 taking naps when shit get rough
Dante was sent to the 9th layer of hell for ensuring that modern Italian replaced Latin as the language of the Italian peninsula.
@@JEMA333 Words to live by
Sounds just like the actual bible
After hearing you talk about this and Frankenstein, I would love to hear your take on Dostoyevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov”. It’s personally my favorite of Dostoyevsky’s works and is a very good commentary on humanities capabilities for evil and good
You know, I’ve always enjoyed your content and have frequently used it to tolerate my work shift. I haven’t watched your stuff in a minute and recently felt intrigued to read up on Dante, it was a wholesome satisfaction to feel confident in my source, thank you.
Dante was making self-insert Fanfic before things like AO3 and Wattpad. He was really a pioneer if you think about it
Not really. Most Greek stories of travellers describe how they find and defeat all kinds of crazy monsters. This is as old as humanity
i forgot about wattpad for a hot minute you just unlocked core memory
@@Chillerll But the thing is those travellers either thought what they saw or experienced were actual monsters because of the gap in knowledge back then where they would attribute any unusual encounters with monsters, or they were half truths that are exaggerated to all hell and are presented as actual truth, The Divine Comedy isn't like this because it does not make any effort in presenting that it actually happened nor was Dante himself testifying what he wrote was true, it was still fiction when 'fiction' wasn't an established term
He’s a petty icon 😂
@@hirako7620whilst this may be true, Dante still wasn’t an originator of the self insert, as most medieval works either talk of generic knights, the round table, the fae, or (and this is the relevant one) stories that revolve around the person’s very fictional adventures with a religious character. This is not to say the divine comedy is bad, it’s actually completely amazing and very innovative, but the fact that it was a self insert fanfic isn’t the innovative part. Hope this helps. \(^o^)/
Dante’s homies: “yo this shits diVINE”
Dante: *furious scribbling*
@@Zealot007 cringe
@@Zealot007 christopher is white…..your name is cody you white af too
Write that down! Write that down!
@@ExpandDong420 “cringe”??? Hazbin pfp???? Pot kettle
@@VultureSkins one must come from cringe to understand it
Read the book 20 years ago, and I'm amazed at how much had forgotten or didn't catch in the first place. I really appreciate the commentary and insight
Stuff referenced in Limbus Company:
7:16 - Dante wakes up in a dark forest, is attacked by wild animals (in LCB it's characters with animal names/themes)
7:40 - Virgil is Vergilius in LCB who, just like Virgil, acts as Dante's guide through the story
8:45 - Vergilius literally tells Dante LCB that they have to go through the inferno
12:14 - This is just a hunch of mine, but I think the people who try to attack Mephi while Dante LCB and crew are travelling might be a parallel to the sea of lost souls
13:20 - The bus driver in LCB is Charon
17:05 - I feel like in LCB Vergilius gets this treatment instead of Dante. Also I have a hunch that this group could be reflected by Yuri and the other two fixers. So far I've only played up to the dungeon in Canto 3.5, but I have a feeling that these sort of characters that only appear for one or two cantos before dying or disappearing are meant to parallel the sinners Dante talks to in each layer
21:12 - Just a hunch of mine, but I feel like Effie and Saude could be a reference to these two. See previous note
Will update this as I progress through the game more
Good work, my guy
Dante: lying and betrayal are some of the worst possible sins anyone can commit
Also Dante: lies to and betrays ice face man
He did anyone lol.
Say* he did say anyone
He literally committed a sin in hell 😭😭
Those aren’t the worst sins lmao
@@trooperz3499 they are the hardest to forgive because you can never be sure if the person is truly sorry.
Dante literally wrote a self-insert bible fanfic where he is a Gary Stu.
I don't believe he's a Gary Stu. While the story is centered on him, he presents himself as fallible. I know at least once Vergil admonishes him for having pity on those in Hell, since God has judged them as unworthy of such. Several times Vergil has to explain things to him. Dante grows throughout The Comedy. He's certainly not presented as THE BESTEST EVAHR, which is how I think of a Mary Sue.
Oh, please, how many people bought that idiot "overly sarcastic" review?
the Divine Comedy is written in first person just because to write "I did... I viewed" is more pregnant than writing "Charlie did... Charlie viewed". The "Dante" character of the Divine comedy is a worse version of the real life Dante. Is always scared (Dante was a war veteran) and much of the time he doesn't understand what's happening around him (when it was Dante the poet that wrote those allegories).
@@neutronalchemist3241 👎
I understand all these words separately
@@neutronalchemist3241 "overly sarcastic" You mean one of the best channels for this type of thing. How stupid do you have to be to call it an idiot?. If you don't like it then fine with you but it ain't idiotic as you call it.
After running behind on my reading of Inferno for a test I have tomorrow (aka in about five hours from now), this was a genuine life saver in not only better understanding what I had already read, but also speedrunning through the last 12 Cantos. From the bottom of my heart, thank you
Hey, wendigoon, this video came out around the time a close family member passed away and I couldn't watch this video bc linked memories, but i finally watched this and really made me get emotional and remind me of him. Thank you for being able to share such a story
Did you just say a video about the punishments of hell reminds you of a family members passing? Was he good with god?
It truly lives up to the name "Divine Comedy". Dante asking the souls about what's going on in Florence as they're being punished was hilarious.
Burning soul: "aaaa, it's hot! Please, make it stop!!"
Dante: "yea, but how's florence tho?"
Hilarious and woefully callous. Ouch.
Uh the word comedy doesn’t mean funny in its Latin context.
@@claytonkickflip7595 Yeah, Wendigoon explained that in the video. I'm just saying that the context of the word "comedy" today still fits with the story of Dante's Inferno due to how hilarious Dante talks to the souls.
c o n t i n u o s l y
might I add. By the end of the story the whole hell must be like “Well, at least we are not in Florence, am I right, guys?” lol
The biggest sin Dante committed in this story is basically saying, "Help me out and I'll pay you with exposure." to everyone he meets.
which is funny cuz that’s an eighth layer sin
What else could he entice them with? They're not getting out, gold would be of little use, pleasures would forever more elude them...
ITS NOT A GAME PEOPLE, YOU COULD DIE TOMORROW, QUIT PLAYING AROUND, THESE ARE END TIMES!!!
TURN TO JESUS NOW! ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS
STOP PUTTING YOUR HOPE IN THE GOVERNMENT, IN RELIGION, IN SCIENCE, IN WEALTH, IN CELEBRITIES, IN SPORTS, IN THE WORLD (IT WILL PERISH!)
Turn back to Jesus our Creator, not religion. Religion creates bondage, in Christ there is freedom. Im not talking church, im not talking religion, im talking relationship with your Creator. Call upon Jesus now and ask Him into your life and to forgive your sins.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -John 14:6
“For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” -Romans 6:23
"But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven." -Matthew
10:33
YOU CAN STAND ON YOUR OWN AGAINST GOD AND TRY TO JUSTIFY YOUR SIN WHEN YOU WONT EVEN BE ABLE TO LOOK UP. YOU WILL BE WEEPING IN TERROR REALIZING YOU MADE A BIG MISTAKE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH GOD, HE CREATED EVERYTHING!!!
GOD SEES EVERYTHING YOUVE EVER DONE; YOU WONT FOOL HIM!!!
OR
PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS WHO DIED ON THE CROSS AND TOOK THE WRATH OF GOD IN OUR PLACE FOR OUR SINS. IT'S A FREE GIFT BUT HE CANT FORCE YOU TO TAKE IT. WILL YOU CALL UPON HIM NOW AND SURRENDER TO HIM. TALK TO HIM LIKE A BEST FRIEND, HE'S WAITING AND HE LOVES YOU.
@@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN A...are you high right now? Legitimate question.
@@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN bruh you’re talking to a bunch of what is presumably agnostics & atheists here.
If dante went to hell in the afterlife, his punishment would have been suffering in a lake of fire while being visited everyday by someone looking like him and telling him how awful everyday life in genova is
Just finished Inferno and was a little bit confused about parts of it, this video helped clear things up. Thank you!
Dante's inferno is LITERALLY a self insert bible fanfic.
Yeah he said that
@@bennygerow He and every other person writing comments here who overestimate how clever they think they are.
@@jahrfuhlnehm hummina
It's basically well written propoganda so people would be scared of hell and be good boys
@CornishRicky Don't get your panties in a knot over a basic observation of how hundreds of comments on here are making the same joke that was said in the video without acknowledgement. The one above was just made four hours ago. Seriously, come up with better material that isn't taken from the video and stop giving likes to this shit.
>The chad Angel
>Blows up the gates of the city of Diss
>Says Dante is on a mission from god
>Refuse to elaborate further
>Leaves
Gigachad Angel
The very definition of Deus Ex Machina.
this cracked me up lmao
Dante and Virgil are the original Blues Brothers
Who are you quoting?
the way you explained this story was very well done and entertaining 😂 thanks for taking the time to go over this! 👏
My guy you have such a way of explaining stories that hooks readers instantly. Only my second time watching you.
dante didn't include pride because he probably knew he'd have to put himself in that tier
Isn’t it the 8th? The one with giants?
@@Diamanrouge isn't it fraud?
@@vaniatanuwijaya7772 yeah you right I got that messed up.
The last one, 9th, Is the closest to pride because it divine Hubris. The circle of Lucifer is the one where the guys made an attempt at perfection.
I believe he did put Pride but it was in Purgatory. Even himself stated that Pride was also his flaw in his journey.
Funny how atleast dante is self aware that he was being prideful.
@@thatkotorguy422 Yes, Dante put himself in the pride layer, but being in Purgatory he will eventually ascend to the Paradise.
Minotaur: *attacks Dante*
Virgil: *insults it*
Minotaur: understandable. Have a great day.
"insults"
It’s not even only the Minotaur, it’s like every person who stood in their way
Not that anyone asked, but the minotaur (as guardian of the circle of the violents) rapresent a person's more animalistic and bestial instincts, which is why Virgil (an allegory of human reason trought the entire poem) can dismiss it like it's nothing. It's an allegory of reason winning over instinct.
@@ThumbSipper :O that’s so cool, thanks for the info
@@chairchairchairchairchair every single encounter and seemingly random event in the Comedy is allegorical in some way, nothing is to be taken at face value. It's really fucking cool, way cooler than the video let's out.
“You see, your argument is invalid because I have written you into hell.”
OMG bruh I'm only half way through your vid and I LOVE IT! Your commitment to the material, your animation and humor. Love it! Always had a morbid(?) fascination with especially the imagery and notion of Dante's Inferno. You add to this in a wonderfully captivating and entertaining way. Bless you and thanks :)
Dante: I guess Hell is really just the friends we made along the way.
Iconic
💀💀
Yeah so original, really fed up with reading this shit on every video I see these days
Hahahahaha
this is it, this is the comment
Layer 8 is literally an eternity of the pacer test
My coach back in highschool used to make us Sprint at full speed for 30 seconds and if he saw anyone slow down even a little bit, he would stop the timer until the person sped back up to full speed. 30 seconds would turn to over 2 minutes, people would pass out lol
@@briansilva6857 that sounds like child abuse goddamn.
Lvl 9 is plank frvr
THE FITNESS GRAM
@@Hellknight101 Its not. People have to be pushed to get in shape. Once your body starts adapting it gets easier. I remember how bad it sucked when we came off summer break and had to start running and sprinting. It felt like heck and sucked but within a few weeks things got easier.
Wedigoon thank you for making this video, it brings back a lot of nostalgia since I watched this on my first trip to Disneyland
Dante to Virgil in the 9th layer of Hell: "Genoa, I hardly know her lol"
"Man these robes are heavy."
"Yeah. im bored."
"Wanna step on that dude nailed to the floor?"
"Hell yeh i do."
"(HELL) yeah I do"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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It feels ironic that Dante breaks his word and "betrays" someone's trust in the 9th circle of hell, where people are being punished for betrayal.
likely intentional
A product of your environment message, irony... intentional or not? Hmmm.
Welp just hope to see your betrayed friend or family member or your gf even
@@spitgorge2021 Considering the rest of the self righteousness and opinionated moments i don't think it was intentional, i believe it was just a huge leak of Dante's ego being portrayed clearly without he noticing it. But if it was intentional at least he had some self-awareness
@@alexandrecussiol8827 Read parts 2 and 3 of the play. Dante is self aware, and addresses it more or less.
Also the trip through the afterlife is all a character journey for Dante, which very deliberately starts with him lost in Hell for a reason.
People like me need content like this we love you and thank you for all the effort you put into your videos from me and many
Im definitely digging your recap of this. Id love to see you do more! 😊
Dante: Vergil you sure that being hung upside down by his balls over a huge fire and having needles piercing his body over and over is a fair punishment for this guy?
Vergil: he like, literally just didn't live in Florence
Dante: i see, fair enough
Then he sat in a plastic chair
Tragically unnecessary use of the word literally
@@seanmichael9961that's part of the joke buddy
@@elgordobondiola*Intense Rock music plays in the distance*
wait? you're not from florence? straight to hell
i still can't believe they turned Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry into real people.
And they can write bangers 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Obviously it's a epic game dude
You have shown motivation👍🏻
Now I imagine DMC Dante as this mega fan of his own brother for no apparent reason
wait until you find out about Lucia and Trish.
I cannot even begin to describe how much this horrified me, I can’t speak on the quality of Dante’s work from a theological point of view, However his work is an excellent piece of horror, though ironically I do find myself being more easily afraid the older I get.
I feel like I’m less scared of most things as I grow older, except death- it’s probably natural to grow more scared of it, the closer it becomes.
@@averyhughes2478 I suppose the only things that ever scared me led to death.