Although not commonly associated with Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the Devil is mentioned in the classic American novel. Hawthorne describes Satan as a large black man who lives in the woods and interacts with humans and witches to corrupt their souls. Depictions of Satan throughout history have given him many different associations, with one of the best-known manifestations of him being Dante Alighieri's epic poem, Inferno and Peter Cook's comedy film, Bedazzled. In both depictions, the devil appears as a malevolent but tragic figure, although his reaction and punishments vary. Satan, as in most works of literature and media, is depicted as a root of evil in Hell and Bedazzled. In Dante's Inferno, the deepest circle of Hell is represented by the sin of treason, where Satan and three others are trapped in a frozen lake in the center of Hell, beneath a large pit guarded by giants . Here, Satan and men are punished for eternity: "I never saw such an expanse of ocean web in the wind: but they looked like bats, without feathers, and the wind they produced, - they beat incessantly - causing the glacier to freeze. that we have passed through” (Dante). God's vicious betrayal of God leads to an eternity of punishment and suffering for him, reflecting the severity of his violent sins before he was cast into hell. Even in his punishment, Satan tortures others, eating away at their backs for the rest of time. The Devil as George Spiggott in Bedazzled also demonstrates venomous behavior by repeatedly tricking Stanley Moon into suffering due to his non-specific wishes. Throughout the film we see instances of George Spiggott terrorizing normal citizens with birds, bees, and parking tickets. Spiggott even demonstrates malicious behavior in the middle of a paper...... (Cook). Spiggott interprets his punishment as a personal challenge from God, reacting to his sentence in a much more offended manner than Dante's Satan. Because Cook's Devil is not limited, he is able to challenge God in a contest, rather than bear his punishment in silence like Dante's Devil. The devil has taken many forms in legends and media throughout history. Whether a crook in a costume or a vicious minotaur-like monster, the devil has been a representation of human evil since his conception. Satan, in Dante's Inferno and Peter Cook's Bedazzled, is seen as an evil character forced into an eternity of punishment, but nevertheless sympathetic because of it. However, the two representations of the devil differ in the power attributed to Satan. As humanity continues to define true evil, it must decide for itself how much power to grant evil in this world..