Dante's Inferno Canto 13

Dantes inferno canto XIII

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What circle and round is Canto XIII set in? Also, what is the nature of their sin?
Answer 1
CIRCLE 7, ROUND 2, Violent against themselves
What is the symbolic retribution of the sinners in this Circle?
Answer 2
Those who destroyed their own bodies are denied a human form. As the expression of their lives was self-destrucion, they are permitted only to speak through that which tears and destroys them
Who/What guards this Circle?
Answer 3
Harpies
Name three famous faces from this Canto.
Answer 4
Pier Delle Vigne, Jacomo Da Sant' Andrea, Lamo Da Siena
How is Dante affected emotionally by the destruction and chaos occuring to the tormented souls in Circle Seven?
Answer 5
As he has travelled through Hell thus far, he has developed less and less compassion and pity for the souls of the damned as their sins get more and more severe.