When Swofford is ordered to clean the latrines, one of the receptacles has the words "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." This is a famous line from 14th century poet Dante Alighieri's "Inferno", and is the inscription above the gate of Hell as the poet walks through it. The symbolism is that whoever is cleaning the latrine is going through "hell", as it was one of the worst duties for a Marine to have to do.

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