\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \pard\tx150\tx870\tx1590\tx2310\tx3030\tx3750\tx4470\tx5190\tx5910\tx6630\ATXts240\qc\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs24 \b The Condemned who descend
into Hell\par
\qj \b0 As the Holy Scriptures said, on the day of \b \cf4 \ATXht71003 Judgement\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 the Lord will return to earth to judge the whole of mankind, and those who will have had faith in life will be granted eternal enjoyment of t
he Glory of God. \par
But beware those who on the day of Judgement will be held unworthy of the Heavenly Award since they will be thrown back into darkness where there is sorrow and grinding of teeth. \par
This is the destiny of the people depicted i
n this part of the fresco who, however, do not give in to this judgement and struggle desperately with the demons, who want to drag them down, and the "\b \cf4 \ATXht70101 angels\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ," who do not allow them to pass. \par
What always strike
s the imagination is the character sitting on a cloud with his side bitten by a \b \cf4 \ATXht71908 serpent\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and who was being drawn towards \b \cf4 \ATXht70800 Hell\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 by two demons who caught hold of him and clung to him.
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Perhaps this is the personification of Despair, understood as the contrary of Christian Hope, as one can well understand by the face half covered by a hand. \par
Instead, on the right, one can see likely personifications of avarice in the centra
l group, when the devil and a reprobate seem to be struggling to get hold of a bag with keys, and of lust in the character placed in the extreme end of the fresco, who by a grimace of pain on his face, is dragged down towards Hell by a demon who pulls hi
m by his testicles to stress sin. \par
Importance is placed on the \b \cf4 \ATXht70101 angels\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , which \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Michelangelo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 just wanted to represent as superior to mankind without traditional attributes. He chose
a figuration, which was not particularly monstrous but rather a kind of more beastly-like mankind, for the demons. \par