So here goes nothing! we’re all getting close to the end of Dante’s journey. I will be honest, in the beginning of inferno i was completely confused with all the names and characters, the term of contrapasso and all the metaphors included with inferno. But after progressing to purgatorio, it all began to make sense as i began to understand why Dante chose specific people to be punished with the sins.

now when i read canto 32, i was shocked that Beatrice was sitting at the bottom of the tree waiting for Dante because she could’ve easily waited for him in heaven since he was eventually going to meet up with him there anyways. i really did laugh at the irony of how the chariot was attacked by an eagle, then the earth split thus releasing a Dragon from the split which also attacked the chariot. What kind of bad luck does Dante have, i mean seriously. now thats how i would personally interpret this but then i began to think about it from a literary standpoint. i asked myself what could all these symbols, creatures, and animals stand for, and why were these random people mentioned? as it turns out, the chariot is actually a representation of the Church. the eagle which i have yet to piece together, and the dragon which i think represents the islamic religion.

P.S. i was going to post on the 29th but i then saw that it says May 1st on the top.

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