sentence in your own words: “No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose.”

The blood-soaked victim lay there, no sounds escaping his mouth, no tears from his eyes, and his unfeeling heart deviated from his cruel motive.

Explanation:

the most likely reason why dante included the names of historical figures in his well-known masterpiece the divine comedy is because he was trying to expose his own historical judgement to the figures. he settles different characters of the occidental culture in parts of the hell, purgatory and paradise constituting a spiritual judgment according to his thought.