There is a reason why Dante put the betrayers in the lowest circle of Hell

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"The treacheries of these souls were denials of love (which is God) and of all human warmth. Only the remorseless dead center of the ice will serve to express their natures. As they denied God's love, so are they furthest removed from the light and warmth of His Sun."

There is a reason why Dante put the betrayers in the lowest circle of Hell