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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WFzK9iYP3I

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"One of the damned came racing round a boulder, and as he passes us, a great snake shot up and bit him where the neck joins with the shoulder."
-sin isn't violent, but punishment is

"And there great coils of serpents met my sight, so hideous a mass that even now the memory makes my blood run cold with fright."
-Dante's first encounter in the bolgia

"In all of Hell's corrupt and sunken halls I found no shade so arrogant toward God, not even him who fell from the Theban walls!"
-Dante's reaction to Vanni Fucci getting chased by serpents

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Thievery is reptilian in spirit and sinners are punished with reptiles..

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The seventh pit in circle 8 is where thieves belong. When this area is first introduced, Dante encounters a man named Vanni Fucci, who was accused of stealing holy object in his hometown, Pistoia. He tells Dante that he was sentenced to this circle for thievery and proceeds to tell a prophecy about the clash between fire and water. This battle symbolizes the future fight involving Florence’s Blacks and Pistoia’s Whites fighting each other. After he predicts the future, he gives a derogatory gesture to God. Venni Fucci is promptly bombarded by biting serpents, then attacked by a centaur named Cacus. Cacus stole cattle from Hercules and was clubbed 100 times to death. He has the appearance of a man/horse hybrid, with snakes protruding from his back and a dragon on his shoulders. After this brutal attack against Vanni Fucci, Agnello calls for Ciafna, a six-legged serpent who resembles a caterpillar. Agnello is then pounced on and begins to meld with Ciafna, which is described by Dante as freshly lit paper which starts to lose its color. Dante further describes the end transformation as something in between man and serpent, but doesn’t fully resemble one or the other. An unnamed bystander is then impaled in the navel by a mini snake, and only yawns in reaction to the attack. Following the attack, the man and snake begin smoking and transforming into one another. The man, whose name is later revealed to be Buoso, loses his ears and begins to slither away on the ground while the snake grows legs and facial extremities and beings to speak to Dante about how he enjoys causing suffering to others. After these two transformations, Dante becomes unnerved and loses some detail in his vision. While leaving this pit, he notices Puccio Sciancato, the only thief bystander who doesn’t undergo a transformation.

Circle 8, pit of Thieves relates to Dante's life because throughout his allegory, he expresses a biased view of events. He may have withheld or skewed information surrounding his recollection of events. Because of this misrepresentation of information, Dante commits theft against himself and the reader.

Our chosen area in circle 8 houses sinners accused of stealing. Most of these sinners are punished for stealing valuable items or holy objects. Their contrapeso is that their hands are bound by rope and their bodies randomly attacked by small serpents, which then initiate a painful transformation into a snake. This is an appropriate punishment because the act of stealing is serpentine in nature. The thieves’ hands are also restricted because it entombs their natural tools used to commit the act of stealing. Their transformation is appropriate because it recreates the deprivation of physical form, which the sinners do to others by taking their belongings. Thieves stole objects from others in their lifetime so now their physical forms are being stolen by other thieves. This can also represent the pool of loot that thieves share, as this punishment is shared by all thieves in this circle.

The residents present in this area are: Dante, Virgil, Vanni Fucci, Aquarius, Cacus, Buoso, the fives noble thieves of Florence, Ciafna, Agnello, and Puccio Sciancato. Both the poet and

pilgrim form of Dante are expressed in this Bolgia. The Pilgrim is the version of Dante who traverses through Bolgia seven, while the Poet is expressed when Dante is repulsed by the transformations of man and snake. Virgil guides Dante through this Bolgia in Circle Eight. Vanni Fucci is the first resident that is encountered in this Bolgia and he tells Dante why is belongs there. He is also attacked by snakes and Cacus, which show the first forms of punishment in the Bolgia of Thieves. Aquarius is briefly mentioned, regarding his tempers. Cacus is a tortured soul in this Bolgia who has endured a large amount of punishment, expressed by his appearance. He also punishes other thieves. Buoso is a thief who is impaled by a snake and transforms into one. He is involved in the second transformation that Dante sees. The five noble thieves of Florence are sinners who are being punished in Circle Eight. Ciafna is a man who experienced the serpent transformation and punishes other thieves. One of his attacks is viewed by Dante towards the beginning of this Bolgia. Agnello is the man who Ciafna attacks and merges into. This is the first transformation that Dante sees, and he describes it in detail. Puccio Sciancato is the only thief that accompanied Dante who didn’t undergo a transformation. It is assumed that he will become a serpent soon.

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In 1653, Rembrandt Van Rijn etched one of his more famous works, "The Three Crosses". The piece was printed about 60 times from the copper slate. The piece uses only black and white which makes for a good contrast in the light. The painting depicts Jesus, crucified between 2 thieves and being engulfed by a heavenly light. There is a crowd that surrounds the crucified. The crowd looks to the crucified. On the crosses from left to right there is the first thief, Jesus, the second thief. What is interesting about the thieves is that the first is cast in the darkness. The second thief is portrayed in the light alongside Jesus. The difference in light may suggest that the lit thief is "good" and the other, "bad". Rembrandt's work was inspired by the Gospel, specifically Matthew 27:45-54. As Jesus dies in this passage, the Earth begins to shake violently as tombs open, awakening sleeping saints. It could be considered wrong to paint Jesus being crucified among thieves however, I think Rembrandt's message is that Jesus is humble so we as people should be as well. If Jesus doesn't hold himself above a thief, then no other person can claim to be higher.

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The Three Crosses does not allow for dramatic contrasts of light and shade, known as chiaroscuro. Rembrandt produced the work in four stages, increasing the effects of the light and shade contrasts at each stage. Etching and drypoint are labor-intensive processes and one of the early forms of printmaking.