Punishments In Dante's Inferno

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In Dante’s Inferno, by Dante Alighieri there are many different levels and punishments of hell. The Lustful is one of his crimes. In the lever if lust, the people there are punished by a storm that blows right by them of the people they lusted over. They get to see them every day and hear what they have to say to them. In Canto V, Dante mentions the wind that blows for the people who have lusted over someone by saying “I came to a place mute of all light, which bellows as the sea does in a tempest, if by opposing winds ’t is combated” (lines 28-30). The wind isn't enough punishment. It does not equal to the crime because it is too simple. However, Dante shows a great punishment in the City of Dis where the Heretics are in Flaming