Dante's Inferno | Canto 3 Summary and Analysis
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Uncommitted: Souls not rebellious against God and yet not committed
Charon: One who takes travelers across the Acheron River
Summary
Dante and Virgil pass through the wide gates of Hell. They read the inscription there (“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.”) and enter the Vestibule of Hell. They see those who were true only to themselves in their prior life; these people were not rebellious against God and yet they were not committed to Him in their life on earth. These people rush about but never make any decision; their faces bleed from the...
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