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Hope Forsyth (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Introduction/Classical Education Nerdiness== I did a little research on putting Eliot's allusions to Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' into context. It's been a while since I've rea...") |
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| − | I found it interesting that Eliot switches back and forth between referencing the ''Inferno'' and the ''Purgatorio'' - because it seemed to give a few subtle glimmers of redemption. ''Purgatorio'' has nearly the same trials and sufferings as ''Inferno'' but to a different end: | + | I found it interesting that Eliot switches back and forth between referencing the ''Inferno'' and the ''Purgatorio'' - because it seemed to give a few subtle glimmers of redemption. ''Purgatorio'' has nearly the same trials and sufferings as ''Inferno'' but to a different end: salvation rather than perpetual punishment. It seems that this correlates with the glimmer of peacefulness Eliot includes at the end of ''The Waste Land.'' |
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'''Line 412: ''Inferno'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/133.html canto 33 line 46]''' - This excerpt is from Dante's time in the next-to-lowest ring of the lowest circle of hell. He has descended ''almost'' all the way down into the Inferno and is skirting the very deepest pit, but hasn't quite hit rock bottom. | '''Line 412: ''Inferno'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/133.html canto 33 line 46]''' - This excerpt is from Dante's time in the next-to-lowest ring of the lowest circle of hell. He has descended ''almost'' all the way down into the Inferno and is skirting the very deepest pit, but hasn't quite hit rock bottom. | ||
| − | '''Line 428: ''Purgatorio'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/226.html canto 26 line 148]''' - In contrast to the ''Inferno'' reference in line 412, this excerpt comes from Dante's time on the last/highest tier of the mountain | + | '''Line 428: ''Purgatorio'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/226.html canto 26 line 148]''' - In contrast to the ''Inferno'' reference in line 412, this excerpt comes from Dante's time on the last/highest tier of the mountain of Purgatory. The lustful souls and love poets who are being purified here haven't quite reached the end of their redemptive suffering yet, but are nearing the end of Purgatory and the triumphant entrance into Paradise. |
