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Hugh Capet In Purgatory . . . Or Maybe Not: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 40 - 60
Season 2 Episode 159
The pilgrim has been attracted by one soul, calling out his examples of Mary, Fabricius, and Nicholas to counter his own sins of avarice.
Dante steps …
1 year ago
Poverty As Reward And Compensation: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 16 - 39
Season 2 Episode 158
Dante has gone beyond Pope Adrian V but hasn't left the fifth terrace of Purgatory. He and Virgil pick their way among the many shades until the pilg…
1 year ago
What The Pilgrim Can Do And What A Redeemer Must Do: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 15
Season 2 Episode 157
Pope Adrian V has pushed the pilgrim Dante to move on . . . even though the pilgrim doesn't want to.
He and Virgil pick their way through the crowded …
1 year ago
The Loneliness Of Pope Adrian V: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 127 - 145
Season 2 Episode 156
Pope Adrian V concludes his discourse on the fifth terrace of Mount Purgatory on a strangely lonely, alienated note. Perhaps this is what avarice doe…
1 year ago
The Most Bitter Pain Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 115 - 124
Season 2 Episode 155
Pope Adrian V, bound hands and feet to the ground, sets out to answer the pilgrim Dante's second question: What's going on here?
In doing so, the pope…
1 year ago
A Pope In Purgatory For (Surprise!) Avarice: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 91 - 114
Season 2 Episode 154
Dante the pilgrim has asked Virgil--at least with a look in the eyes--if he could speak to one of the avaricious penitents, lying face down on the gr…
1 year, 1 month ago
Stuck To The Ground (Sometimes): PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 70 - 90
Season 2 Episode 153
Dante and Virgil now walk along the fifth terrace of Purgatory, looking at the souls who are face down, stuck to the ground, unable to move or turn o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Look To The Heavens: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 52 - 69
Season 2 Episode 152
Dante the pilgrim has had a "P" wiped off his forehead by the angel at the stairs. He's started his climb to the next terrace. All seems well, but he…
1 year, 1 month ago
Expecting Those Ladies Of Consolation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 34 - 51
Season 2 Episode 151
Awakened from his dream by a foul odor, Dante the pilgrim finds himself fully out of tune with his surroundings: a bright new day on the mountain of …
1 year, 1 month ago
Let's Compare The First Two Dreams In PURGATORIO
Season 2 Episode 150
We've had two dreams in PURGATORIO, one at Canto IX and one at Canto XIX (although it actually started in the last line of Canto XVIII).
Let's take a …
1 year, 1 month ago