Sorry to keep boring you with my thoughts on Dante's Inferno, but I have just recently read it (how unfortunate it was not assigned to me in high school) and it does deserve the attention that it receives worldwide.
Guido da Montefeltro serves as another character that Dante utilizes to display the world's hubris. Montefeltro served in politics but became too entwined with the corruption and turned to monkhood to repent his sins. After a period of time, however, Boniface convinced Montefeltro to return to politics (indicating that Montefeltro still possessed some hunger for power) and upon doing so, gives him effective but evil advice on how to win office over his rivals. To deflect Montefeltro's confliction over partaking in corruption once again, Boniface promises him absolution and goes so far as to promise him a spot in heaven. Forseeably, despite following Boniface's plans, Montefeltro still ends up in Hell. This displays the deception of Boniface, obviously, but more importantly, of Montefeltro himself as he deceived himself into thinking his immoral actions would somehow be rewarded with eternity in Heaven.
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