Canto 25 in Dante's Inferno is referring to the Eigth Circle of hell in the 7th pocket. In this pocket is where the thieves spend the rest of eternity. the punishment for the thieves is to have snakes which steal the bodies of the thieves.many people think of thieves as snakes. They come and go unnoticed and are able to take what they please. The thieves in turn must play a game of who can keep their body the longest.
I thought this punishment was very interesting compared to the rest of the punishments, i think this one is a punishment on a more mental level than physical. during their life the thieves stole from many good people, and these people could do nothing but watch their lives get stolen away right under their noses. Now the thieves must watch as these snakes literally steal lives. Though it is somewhat twisted how the thieves almost enjoy watching others suffer or lose their bodies.
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