C. The gale represents the desire that excited the sinners while alive.
<em><u>Explanation:</u></em>
Dante and Virgil go into a dull spot in which exuberant downpours fall incessantly and storms of wind tear through the air. The spirits of the accursed in this hover twirl about in the breeze, cleared vulnerably through the stormy air. These are the Lustful, the individuals who submitted sins of the flesh.
