In Canto 26, the evil counselors are found in the eighth ditch of Malebolge. I found this interesting because the evil counselors are covered by a flame. They appear to be flames walking around, and one cannot tell who is who. When Virgil gets the flame of Ulysses and Diomedes to speak, the flame is described as looking like the very tongue that spoke. This stood out to me because they are evil counselors; they are trapped in a flame that, in a sense, is their very tongue. Their tongue is what condemned them; therefore, the tongue is what surrounds them and causes suffering.
I commented on Alex and Nate's.
This punishment is definitely ironic like the others seem to be. In a way it makes me think of opposite of what happened at Pentecost. Instead of being empowered to preach the good news, they are trapped in the evil that their own sinful Words brought upon them.
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