Hell: Cantos XVII - XX
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This month we'll look at Cantos 17 - 20.
How do the usurers sin against god?
How do the architecture and structure of Hell change when we reach Malebolge?
What do the simoniac popes, and the nature of the punishment of the simoniacs, tell us about Dante’s view of the church?
How does Dante himself relate to the denizens of the fourth bolgia?
What do we learn about Dante’s moral development in Canto XX?
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