PURGATORY
CANTO 1: Arriving in Purgatory, Dante is symbolically cleansed.
CANTO 4: Slothful souls resting on the steep ledge.
CANTO 7: The valley of the negligent rulers.
CANTO 10: Relief sculptures of the Annunciation on the wall.
CANTO 13: The envious wait with their eyes wired shut.
CANTO 2: An angel delivers souls to the shores of Purgatory.
CANTO 5: A demon angered by an angel that takes a repentant soul.
CANTO 8: Angels ward off serpents entering the valley.
CANTO 11: As penance, the proud carry rocks.
CANTO 14: The modern Tuscans have become like animals.
CANTO 3: King Manfred repents at the end.
CANTO 6: Souls ask Dante to plea for prayers from the living.
CANTO 9: The guardian of the door lets Dante in.
CANTO 12: A relief sculpture of the proud Lucifer is on the floor.
CANTO 15: Virgil explains the more one loves the more love there is.
CANTO 16: The blending of Church and State has caused chaos and misery.
CANTO 19: The stinking belly of a Siren is revealed to Dante in a dream.
CANTO 22: Statius became a Christian by Virgil lighting the path.
CANTO 25: The explanation of the human soul breathed into a fetus.
CANTO 28: The meeting of Matelda in the Garden of Eden.
CANTO 31: The cleansing in the river Lethe.
CANTO 17: Virgil explains that misplaced love causes evil.
CANTO 20: The noble poverty of Mary cleans the avaricious with tears.
CANTO 23: The tree and the water torment the starving gluttons.
CANTO 26: Purifying fire that cleanses the souls of the lustful.
CANTO 29: The symbolic triumph of the Church.
CANTO 32: Horrific transformations symbolizing strife in th Church.
CANTO 18: Crowds of slothful souls running as penance.
CANTO 21: Virgil's identity is revealed to the roman poet Statius.
CANTO 24: An angel fans Dante's forehead, allowing him to ascend.
CANTO 27: An angel commands Dante to pass through the flames.
CANTO 30: Dante encounters Beatrice.
CANTO 33: Dante is reborn by the waters of Eunoe.