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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…
2 months, 1 week 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…
2 months, 2 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 …
2 months, 2 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…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ice Finally Melts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 79 - 99
Season 2 Episode 233
Beatrice has offered her first condemnation of Dante, just as his salve and mentor, Virgil, has left the scene. He's stuck across Lethe with the ice …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Admiral Comes Into Her Ship: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 55 - 78
Season 2 Episode 232
We finally hear the first words from Beatrice's mouth. (We've heard her before but as told by Virgil in INFERNO, Canto II.) She is certainly not pers…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Farewell, Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 22 - 54
Season 2 Episode 231
The parade of revelation has stopped and everything holds its breath for what comes next.
She's veiled, behind scattered flowers. But Beatrice arrives…
3 months ago
Brides, Grooms, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 230
The grand parade of revelation has come to a stop across Lethe from our pilgrim, Virgil, and Statius. Everything seems to hold its breath: the conste…
3 months ago
The Second Coming Of Beatrice: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXX - XXXI
Season 2 Episode 229
As we have done throughout PURGATORIO, let's read through a chunk of the canticle to get the plot down so that we can then focus on the many moving p…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Conclusion (For Now) Of The Timeless Parade Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 121 - 154
Season 2 Episode 228
The pilgrim has found the perfect perch to see the full scope and length of the parade of allegories at the top of the Mount Purgatory in the garden …
3 months, 1 week ago