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Canto 14 introduces the Old Man of Crete, who echoes Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2. The rivers of Hell flow as tears from the cracks in him. Humanity feeds Hell as it is fractured over time.

Canto 13. The souls become trees, unable to act or even speak without being broken, which mirrors the loss of identity that led them there in the first place. What happens when we tie our entire identity to things that can be taken away? What happens when we reject our own identity?

So far, Hell sounds like it sucks