Delicate ink lines carve figures into precise, layered panels—judges in flowing robes preside over kneeling souls beneath jagged cliffs. The composition frames punishment as ritual, not chaos: each torment is meted with bureaucratic order.

What details in the condemned figures’ postures suggest resistance or resignation?
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