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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…
5 months 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 …
5 months 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…
5 months, 1 week 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…
5 months, 1 week 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…
5 months, 2 weeks 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…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
At Long Last, Dante's Confession: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 22 - 48
Season 2 Episode 237
Ever since INFERNO, Canto I, we've never fully understood why Dante woke up lost in that dark wood.
Now, in the Garden of Eden, Beatrice brings him to…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Poet Loses His Words: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 236
Wailing, Dante comes in for Beatrice's impatience. He hasn't responded yet to her charges, so she turns the spear point of her words on him.
He cracks…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Finding The Fit For Your Talent: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 127 - 145
Season 2 Episode 235
Beatrice finishes her first indictment of Dante by showing him the fit subject matter for his abundant talent: her and the damned.
She accuses him of …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
When You Don't Get The Redemption You Want: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 100 - 126
Season 2 Episode 234
Beatrice is now fully in charge . . . so much so that she can even tell the angels in the chariot with her what they can't understand.
She launches in…
6 months ago