In the Second Circle of Hell, Dante and his guide Virgil, find souls who are overcome by Lust. "Whirling and battering it drives them on,/ and when they pass the ruined gap of Hell/ through which we had come, their shrieks begin anew/" (V 33-35). The sinners are getting blown around by a hurricane which never ends, while bumping into one another and also the walls. According to Dante, the souls of Lust have a less severe punishment than Gluttony because their circle is higher than the other. Dante and Virgil find the souls of Gluttony who are overlooked by Cerberus in the Third Circle of Hell. "Huge hailstones, dirty water, and black snow/ pour from the dismal air to putrefy/ the putrid slush that waits for them below/" (VI 10-13). For the punishment in Circle Three, the sinners have huge hailstones that are falling from the air. Dante's crime was also Lust, so he felt pity on them, making their circle higher than