Though not commonly associated with Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the Devil is mentioned in the classic American novel. Hawthorne describes Satan as a tall, black man who lives in the woods, interacting with humans and witches to corrupt their souls. Depictions of Satan throughout history have given him many different associations, one of the best known manifestations of him is in Dante Alighieri's epic poem, Inferno and Peter Cook's comedy film, Bedazzled. In these two depictions, the devil is shown as an evil and at the same time tragic figure, although his reaction and punishments vary. Satan, as in most literary texts and media, is depicted as a root of evil in Hell and Dazzled. In Dante's Inferno, the deepest circle of Hell is represented by the sin of betrayal, where Satan and three others are trapped in a frozen lake in the center of Hell, under a large pit guarded by giants. Here Satan and men are punished for eternity: "I never saw such an expanse of ocean webs in the wind: but they were like bats, without feathers, and the wind they generated, - They flapped incessantly - caused the glacier to freeze. that we have traveled” (Dante). Satan's ferocious betrayal of God leads to an eternity of punishment and suffering for him, reflecting how serious his violent sins were before he was cast into hell, Satan tortures others, gnawing at their backs the rest of the time. The devil as George Spiggott in Bedazzled also demonstrates poisonous behavior as he repeatedly tricks Stanley Moon into suffering through his non-specific desires. Throughout the film we see examples of George Spiggott terrorizing ordinary citizens with birds, bees and parking fines. Spiggott even demonstrates harmful behavior in... by paper... (Spiggott interprets his punishment as a personal challenge from God, reacting to his sentence in a much more offended way than Dante's Satan. Because Cook's devil has no restrictions, he is able to challenge God to a race, rather than endure his punishment in silence like Dante's devil. The devil has taken many forms in both legends and media throughout history. Whether a crook in a suit or a ferocious minotaur-like monster, the devil has been a representation of human evil since his conception. Satan in both Dante's Inferno and Peter Cook's Bedazzled is seen as an evil figure forced into an eternity of punishment, yet sympathetic for it. However, both depictions of the devil differ in the amount of power assigned to Satan. As humanity continues to define true evil, it must decide for itself how much power to grant evil in this world.