Violence and Fraud

In The Inferno Dante believes that fraud is a bigger sin that violence and therefore should be put on a lower circle than violence. I agree with Dante that fraud is a more sinful crime than violence. I agree because violence causes physical pain, which in most cases will go away after a short time. However, fraud, including blackmailing and such, can cause mental pain that can last forever. The kind of mental pain that can be inflicted through fraud, if severe enough, can cause agony and misery to a person that can be unbearable. Some of the sinners in circle six, round two, the suicides, committed their sin because someone most likely from circle eight committed fraud against them and put them through mental torture until they could not stand it anymore. Also, when someone is under physical attack that person can call for help and unify with other people to stand and fight against the aggressor(s). When someone commits fraud against someone else, that person can make them feel like they are alienated and disconnected from everyone else. Sinners that commit fraud can trick others and play mind games with them to feel as though they have no help and are completely alone. Grafters can inflict a lot more pain on people than the ones in circle six, round one, the violent against neighbors. Today, physical violence and murder is a high crime that has serious consequences because we see violence as a major problem. Fraud and false identity are also very serious crimes, but we do not see them as harsh as violence. Back in Dante's time fraud and not being honest were major crimes that had great consequences. Dante himself obviously believed that fraud was a bigger crime than violence, but he was probably influenced by the laws of his time that he grew up around. I agree with Dante that fraud is a higher crime because fraud can inflict mental pain that lasts forever and make a person feel like they are disconnected from everyone around them.