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Beatrice, Changed; Dante, Panicked; And The Reader, De-centered: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 70 - 108
Season 2 Episode 247
Dante wakes back up from his unexpected sleep to find that the grand parade is heading off into the forest (or maybe the skies). He's in a panic that…
1 month ago
Asleep In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 49 - 69
Season 2 Episode 246
The griffin pulls the chariot or cart up to the denuded tree--the "widowed" tree--and the tree regenerates into a color reminiscent of other moments …
1 month, 1 week ago
Games Of Interpretation In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 28 - 48
Season 2 Episode 245
The griffin rolls his chariot up to the foot of a denuded tree as Beatrice descends out of her ride. The symbolism (the allegories, in fact) become i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sound The Retreat In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 1 - 27
Season 2 Episode 244
Face to face with Beatrice, the pilgrim Dante is ready for more revelation. Problem is, even after Lethe he's still doing things wrong and must be co…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXXII - XXXIII
Season 2 Episode 243
As we've done across the second canticle of Dante's masterpiece, COMEDY, we're taking some time to read through the final two cantos of PURGATORIO, X…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Revelation Of Beatrice's Hidden, Second Beauty: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 127 - 145
Season 2 Episode 242
We finally come to the face-to-face meeting of Beatrice and Dante. We've waited for this moment since INFERNO, Canto II, when Beatrice first stepped …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Beatrice And The Griffin: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 112 - 126
Season 2 Episode 241
Dante has now crossed Lethe and is ready to face Beatrice head on. She has moved to get ready for this eye-to-eye conversation. She's positioned near…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Washed Clean In Lethe: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 91 - 111
Season 2 Episode 240
Dante wakes up in the arms of the young woman who first welcomed him to the Garden of Eden. She's dragging him through Lethe before she forcefully pu…
2 months ago
Dante Faints For The Third Time In COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 64 - 90
Season 2 Episode 239
Beatrice has finished her case against the pilgim Dante. All that's left is for him to find his way beyond confession and into confession . . . which…
2 months ago
Absence Becomes Elevated, High-Style Presence: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 49 - 63
Season 2 Episode 238
Beatrice continues to lead Dante toward contrition, pointing out both the purposes of her body (or corpse) and the ways he has failed to followed her…
2 months, 1 week ago