The Circle of Violence: Three Sub-circles of Violence

Dante's Inferno's seventh circle is the circle of violence, which is divided into three sub-circles that punish different types of violence. The first sub-circle punishes violence against others, immersing the offenders in a river of seething blood. The second sub-circle punishes violence against self, transforming the offenders into twigs, shrubs, and trees in a somber thicket. The third sub-circle punishes violence against nature, with offenders subjected to an open pit of combustible sand and raining fire.