ENGL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Radiance, Psalms, Theological Virtues
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Cato: = marcus porcius cato the younger, committed suicide rather than being captured by. !1: cato gives his permission to dante and virgil, virgil washes dante"s face, removing tears and the residues of hell. Monday, october 30, 2017 with a reed (= humility) Canto 2: souls arrive at the shore of the island of purgatory, getting off a small ship led by a. Boatman angel (another reversed image of charon: the soundtrack of purgatory: music, the souls sing all together a psalm (114) celebrating the liberation of israel from. Miserere, have mercy (used in monastic of ce: = collective way to reach salvation, the souls crowd around dante to obtain prayers that will shorten their stay in. Study q#1: cantos 5-8 contain allusions to characters and situations we have met in hell. can you recognize at least some of them: people in hell didn"t take any responsibility for their actions but when they get to.