Circle 7: Round 1 Dante enters circle 7 of hell and meets the Minotaur and below the river of boiling blood. Here, the violent against neighbors are punished as wallowed in blood during their lives as great war-makers, cruel tyrants, and highwaymen, they are immersed in the boiling blood forever. Dante uses the punishment of those in round 1 just as they did in life to a more harsh and intense level. Essentially, in hell, Dante has written of the sinners punishment to an extreme level where everyone gets a taste of their own medicine.
The archetype symbol is mush related to the contrapasso. Because they wallowed in blood during their lives, they are immersed in the boiling blood forever. Dante used the river of boiling blood as an archetype symbol to portray the literal and agonizing punishments of hell. The person's sins in life get them into deep trouble in hell. Dante uses this to enhance his ideas and show the importance of how the souls are punished depending on their guilt. Though the creatures and punishment are unrealistic, this is hell and Dante has portrayed the punishments to a very literal and extensive way. The Minotaurs are symbolic of human beasts and human tendencies especially when sinning. Those who were violent against neighbors now have to experience the violence in themselves. Circle 7 is all about violence against someone, or something. Dante uses the punishment in each round to dish out the violence to those who sinned.
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