Throughout these chapters, I found that Canto’s 22 and 23 were the most interesting to me simply because of the thrill that it demonstrates in the fifth pouch which contained the barterers. I really enjoy horror and thrill and the imagery of a dark pit seeming like its full of tar looked cool. Virgil and Dante usually do not have conflicts crossing hell or conflicts that could have cost them their lives. In Canto 23, Virgil and Dante try to escape the fifth pouch as the demons struggle to get out of the tar like pit but soon after, they hear the flap of wings and realized that they were being chased. That chase kind of gave me a bit a thrill because it’s crazy to be in hell and being chased by demons. Something I also noticed that isn’t really a big deal but as a Spanish speaker, I noticed that the names of the demons are in Spanish for example “Malacoda” which is evil tail but in Spanish it would be Mala cola.

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