ENGL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Statius, Orgasm, Everyman
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The top of mount purgatorio is the garden of eden. In the rst canto dante invokes the muse. Puts dante the pilgrim as a better epic hero than ulysses. Cato is the gate keeper between hell and purgatory. Tells him that divine will is guiding their journey. Dante calls himself a pilgrim to those arriving to purgatory. Home is love and love is god and beatrice. In the midpoint of the comedia dante begins to match virgil. The author dante speaks through the pilgrim dante. While you are alive you should follow god. Mount purgatory orgasms" when a soul leaves purgatory. Dante"s soul is a sister soul to virgils and statius. Dante claims statius was a christian as a bridge between virgil and dante. Pagan epic in latin poet to christian epic in latin poet to christian epic in italian poet. Dante most cleanse his soul to reach the garden of eden. He is purged after walking through the re.
