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Levels Of Hell is a series of exploitable images listing the nine levels of hell, as described in Dante's Inferno, adding a mock 10th level for humorous effect.

Origin

On October 6th, 2015, artist Adam Ellis posted an image on Facebook ^[1] of Dante's "9 Circles of Hell," as described in his "Dante's Inferno," the first part of The Divine Comedy. However, Ellis added a 10th level, "People who steal artwork and add their own watermark to it." The post (shown below) received more than 12,000 reactions, 500 comments and 25,000 shares in three years.

Spread

On January 6th, 2016, Imgur ^[2] user layo posted the list but cut off the 10th layer. However, they photoshopped a picture of Fin from "_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ next to the word "Treachery." The post (shown below, left) received more than 2,100 views in two-and-a-half years.

Two years later, on April 11th, 2018, Facebook^[3] user paolulmemes posted a variation with the word "Lechon" in the 10th space. The post (shown below, center) received more than 100 reactions and 200 shares in two months.

Weeks later, on May 2nd, Redditor ^[4] hjpage686 posted a version in the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit. In this variation, the 9th layer reads, "People who think Chris Pratt should play Obi-Wan." The post (shown below, right) received more than6,300 points (97% upvoted) and 92 comments in one month.

On June 24th, Redditor^[5] ProJumz posted meme in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit. The post (shown below) received more than 3,400 (95% upvoted) and 90 comments in 24 hours.

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