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The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36

The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36

FromWalking With Dante


The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36

FromWalking With Dante

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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We come to a second scene, certainly sequential, almost contemporaneous with the previous scene among Belacqua's cohorts.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we come to one of the great contrasting moments in PURGATORIO: the lazy souls with Belacqua vs. these souls, traversing the slope, singing, running, shouting, and making an all-around ruckus.The key here, as always (so far), is Virgil. His response seems the opposite in this scene to his response just a few lines earlier. What gives?Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:16] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto V, lines 22 - 36. If you'd like to read along, print it off to make notes, or drop a comment to continue the conversation, please go to my website: markscarbrough.com.[03:03] We hear the second song in PURGATORIO--and the second "miserere" of COMEDY.[04:51] The pilgrim's body stops not only the sunlight but also the "miserere." Surely there's a moral point afoot here![07:54] Why is Virgil's attitude so different from just a few lines back? Three possible answers.[13:20] Where are we? In Ante-Purgatory, according to the commentators, although Dante's been pretty quiet about the specifics of our geography. What is this place if it's not Purgatory itself? And who are these souls, the prisoners of hope?
Released:
Jul 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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