The Fifth Circle of Hell: Wrath The fifth circle of Hell is present in the stinking decaying of the Styx River. In this circle the souls who live their entire life wrathfully. According to the poem, Dante along with Virgil searches for the souls to fight each other furiously on the surface of the Styx River. Depending on the security of their wrathful actions, they sink in the river water. Not to mention it reflects the type of sins they committed in their life. However, people who indulged in the silence saw a lie just below the surface. The souls struggle and fight each other for an entire eternity. They choke each other and stop each other from expressing anything or even speaking. The act signifies their anger which when told, would harm other people. Dante mentioned that this circle’s wrathful and angry souls spend eternity waging battle on the River of Styx.