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He says Dante's prophecy in Canto 17 will sharply contrast with the triumphant Aeneid pattern, shifting from glory to whatever awaits Dante after he leaves heaven and returns to the real world.
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Aeneid contrast
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Jiang says this prophecy is the complete opposite of Aeneas's glorious Roman future: Dante is promised blame, dispossession, dependency, and a beggar's life rather than triumph.
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"Troy was destroyed for a reason. To found Rome. Aeneas had to go on this long, painful journey in order to build the foundation..."
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"But in Dante's prophecy, it's completely different. Okay? So this is Canto 17. And we're going to read Dante's grandfather telling him what lies..."
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"Okay, all right. So this is the complete opposite of the vision, the prophecy in the Ineos, right? Where Ineos is told about the..."
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The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
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