The Seventh Circle Of Hell In Dante's Inferno

In Dante Alighiri’s Dante’s Inferno, he defies how the actions produced by man’s own choice results in the correct and precise retribution of Hell through blood-chilling imagery, gruesome diction, and routine allusions, essentially providing that man’s actions have consequences that must be faced at the culmination of time.

The seventh circle of Dante’s hell is dedicated to violence, whether it’s against thy self or against someone else. The suicidal victims are banished into the second ring of the seventh circle of Dante’s Hell, which means Romeo Montague would be banished there, for he committed suicide at the sight of his lover's “death.” The punishments for this ring are detestable; the punishments include the souls of the dead turning into trees,

bodies hanging off of branches, and thorns filled with poison binded to the twisted and gnarled branches of bareness.

Dante constructs images of these punishments and mourning souls to force thought of retributions in Hell. A case of punishment is souls turning into talking tree trunks with the dead bodies strapped onto them. These trunks speak to Dante and say, “Men once we were, and now are changed to trees; Indeed, thy hand should be more pitiful, Even if the souls of

serpents we had been.” Recounting to Romeo and Juliet, there were souls who acted as to say “serpents” but they would not be banished to this specific level. Romeo himself was not the most evil nor the most angelic soul, he had his sins and his murders, of himself and of another soul, but the suicide is seen as the larger crime.
Diction plays a substantial part of the mood of this piece. Words like "gnarled," "impending doom,"and "embrowned with blood," all give a wicked and sinful sensation, which is highly appropriate for the work. All levels of Hell are dark and gruesome, but the level of the suicide victims has an exceptional sense of suffering. Suicide is a dark place that is a strenuous task to escape from. Romeo's love must have been true enough for him to end his life, although he had much to live for. As do all suicide victims, but once that dark Hell is entered, light at the end of the tunnel can seem hopeless. Which is most likely why Dante sees suicide as a sin. If it truly is, that is a personal opinion.
In the Canto XIII, Dante utilizes the allusion of "hideous Harpies" that construct their nests in the trees of lost souls.

This allusion goes back to Greek mythology where the Harpy was a monster with a human face. In a way suicide can be a monster with a human face a suicide victim is their own monster. Parallel to the Inferno, Romeo and Juliet include allusions, one specifically referencing Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. This allusion is relevant to Romeo and Juliet for Romeo killed himself for love. These allusions have the effect of seeing how literature can relate and go back to general knowledge. Also, if a reference is unknown, research might be needed which can also help further the understanding of the work as a

whole.
Romeo placed in the seventh level of Hell is seemingly appropriate. He killed himself for something as silly as a girl, when in reality he had so much more to live for. The kind of sinners that resemble Romeo, killing themselves for love, are the kind that get banished to the seventh level. All are banished there because the aftermath of their sins needs to be fulfilled.