down dante's soul

This week I saw cantos 19-32. 19-28 are all having to do with fraud, while 29-32 are the first part of the falsifiers. Why people who falsified metals are below the violent, I'll never know. Dante really should have had some therapy. Anyways, canto 19 was the simoniacs, which is basically being corrupt in a church position of power (But aren't they all?). These sinners are upside down in a rock with burning feet. The magician canto, 20, was interesting. Although I don't see how a magician, practicing a hobby he enjoys, deserves his head twisted backwards, the punishment is pretty breezy compared to some we have seen. Then came the barrators, swimming in boiling tar forever. Then there was my canto, 23. I have dug so far into this canto and understood every metaphor I have come across. Their punishment of being hypocritical is to walk in lead-lined cloaks. Another walk in the park! (Except not at all.) The thieves of 24/25 were very metaphorically being tormented by snakes, because they were snakes in their moral life. The fraudulent counselors of 26/27 were shocking to me. They are in such a low counsel for a crime not as severe as many that we have seen, in my opinion. But nonetheless, Dante thinks they should be burning alive for the rest of eternity. Then comes the scandals and divisive of 28, being cut and mutilated by demon's swords. These are really not an equal punishment to the crime. Then, we get into the ring of falsifiers, starting with metals (29), then people, coins and words (30). Next was the canto 31 with the giants. I liked this canto because I would rather be a giant who makes up a wall than any of these other things. Finally, we are getting into the last ring of hell, the traitors. We got to 32, which was a traitor to kin or homeland. This probably happened to Dante himself for him to put them so low down here in Hell.