On the contrary it is going to be a freezing eternal torment. As cold as ice, the souls of the sinners will be totally isolated from the world of Hell. The cold will consume them. Frostbitten black (whatever physical form they might have) they will be eternally thrust colder and colder. As soon as they think that it couldnt get worse, it does. Alone, frozen, with no hope of ever seeing another soul, no chance of escape. These have no way to compare their situations with that of the rest of the inferno, but if they could they would feel blessed. Because as tormented as it might seem, it is like the mystical world of Candy Land when compared to the torture facing those in the second ring. In the second ring I could use Dante as a springboard as well. I believe he was on the right track as far as the cutting of flesh in Canto 28, but I believe Hell or my inferno should exert even harsher treatment on the sinners of the mortal world. In the second ring of the inferno we have the peeling of the flesh, much like a bad horror film in which they take out your organs while you sleep. The second ring of hell pushes your physical self to the limit. A peeling, tearing, scraping, cutting, slashing, hacking, carving, embalming, ripping, slicing, gashing, and every other excruciating act of pain you can do to the flesh is carried out in this circle. In Dantes account, these prisoners walked in a circle and were in communes with others. That would be a pleasantry not allowed in my inferno. For building on the misery of the first ring we still have total and complete isolation from other souls. There are no pleasantries in Hell. To create the third, and by far most devastating part of the inferno, I refer not to any advice given by the great philosophers of the past, but instead to a childrens book of today. In the third Harry Potter book, the idea of a Dementor, a being who sucks the joy and happiness out of everything, is the scene I envision f...
