In The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, the repeated image of monsters represents punishment and it is important because it is the purpose of the underworld; this image contributes to the poem’s overall meaning of recognizing the things people do wrong because Dante has that mission. Another repeated image is bodies, and this image represents hopelessness and it is important because it shows that there are consequences that last forever; this image also contributes to the poem’s overall meaning because sometimes people do things that cannot be changed. The repeated image of monsters applied and symbolizes harsh punishments that support the meaning of the poem and startle Dante’s mission. Two of the monsters that lay in the underworld are Minos and Cerberus. Minos is the monster that acts as a judge. He is in front of all the souls that enter to Hell, assigning them their place in Hell, where they are going to have their specific punishment. Minos fits his long tail in the back of the souls several times indicating the number of circle where they belong. Another monster that lives in Hell is Cerberus who is in the circle three where the gluttons are placed. Cerberus scratches the souls with his claws, while they lay in mud and the rotten rain falls on them. Each of the punishments in the circles has a purpose for the souls that will last forever in Hell. In circle two, Lust, the winds of the huge windstorm that blows around the souls represents their lustful desires on earth; this representation will cause suffering and regret. In the circle three, Gluttony, a rotten rain falls over the souls making them to swallow every drop of this rain that consist in filth and excrement representing everything that they ate on earth. “Caught in the path of violence, they shriek, weep, and lament. Then how they curse the power of God!” (Dante. V, 36). The souls are recognized because of their sins and actions on earth. The souls are assigned t