The Loneliness Of Pope Adrian V: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 127 - 145
Pope Adrian V concludes his discourse on the fifth terrace of Mount Purgatory on a strangely lonely, alienated note. Perhaps this is what avarice does to a person. Or perhaps this is what exile has do...
16 Mar 202523min
The Most Bitter Pain Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 115 - 124
Pope Adrian V, bound hands and feet to the ground, sets out to answer the pilgrim Dante's second question: What's going on here?In doing so, the pope unwittingly gives one of the most misunderstood li...
12 Mar 202518min
A Pope In Purgatory For (Surprise!) Avarice: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 91 - 114
Dante the pilgrim has asked Virgil--at least with a look in the eyes--if he could speak to one of the avaricious penitents, lying face down on the ground.On Virgil's okay, the pilgrim walks up to Pope...
9 Mar 202529min
Stuck To The Ground (Sometimes): PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 70 - 90
Dante and Virgil now walk along the fifth terrace of Purgatory, looking at the souls who are face down, stuck to the ground, unable to move or turn over.One of them answers Virgil about the way up . ....
5 Mar 202524min
Look To The Heavens: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 52 - 69
Dante the pilgrim has had a "P" wiped off his forehead by the angel at the stairs. He's started his climb to the next terrace. All seems well, but he's still sad, bent over with worry, troubled about ...
2 Mar 202527min
Expecting Those Ladies Of Consolation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 34 - 51
Awakened from his dream by a foul odor, Dante the pilgrim finds himself fully out of tune with his surroundings: a bright new day on the mountain of Purgatory, beautiful sunshine at his back, and an a...
26 Feb 202528min
Let's Compare The First Two Dreams In PURGATORIO
We've had two dreams in PURGATORIO, one at Canto IX and one at Canto XIX (although it actually started in the last line of Canto XVIII).Let's take a moment to compare and contrast these two dreams. Wh...
23 Feb 202520min
The Siren, The Lady, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 16 - 33
Here's the second episode on the pilgrim's second dream in PURGATORIO. Things get wilder after the ugly lady becomes beautiful under the pilgrim Dante's gaze.She begins to sing. She identifies herself...
19 Feb 202530min
