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How does William Blake depict the trees in his interpretation of the forest of suicides in the inferno?

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The trees in the forest are encased with souls who committed suicide as their punishment. They are like the living-dead as the harpies feast on the branches of the trees. This is their punishment for taking their lives to express their frustrations.

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