“The sin of gluttony brought me here. You see me soak to ruin in battering rain-but not alone, for all of these around me share the same penalty for the same transgression as mine.” I noticed the weather in this place, the third circle, is constantly cold and raining hail heavily. Since the people are in this circle for greed because they were so demanding of certain things it makes perfect sense that they receive a continuous torture of hail. These people are now forced to carry the weight and burden that they put on others while they were living. The three-headed Cerberus is in the circle to control the dead and keep them in line and control there gluttony.
I am glad the 11th Canto goes into a lat of detail about the seventh level of Hell and how it is divided into three other sublevels. After reading the tenth Canto which is quite dense and contains a good bit of historical reference, the 11th is a nice well needed break. The seventh layer of Hell is broken down into three smaller levels. “the whole first circle is for the violent; but, because violence involves a deed against three persons, it apportionment and fabrication are in the three rings: to God, to one’s self, or one’s neighbor.”(Canto XI 28-32) The first level is violence upon ones neighbor. Crimes that one can commit to be sent to the first ring are arson, robbery, and being offensive. The second ring is violence against one’s self. Including such things as gambling or being sad in happy times. The third and final ring of the seventh layer is violence against God.
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