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Virgil presents the journey as authorized by a power from heaven rather than by his own will.
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Authority
Virgil first appears as Dante's savior, father, and teacher, but Dante must put Virgil on a pedestal so readers can later recognize Virgil's limitations and defeat him internally.
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Virgil first appears as Dante's savior, father, and teacher, but Dante must put Virgil on a pedestal so readers can later recognize Virgil's limitations and defeat him internally.
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Charon obeys Virgil rather than God, revealing Virgil as the master of hell.
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Virgil's interruption of Minos confirms the warning because he silences the figure who is trying to alert Dante.
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Jiang says Dante initially puts Virgil on a pedestal as savior, father, and teacher so readers can later recognize and defeat Virgil's limitations.
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The royal scepter transfer in the quoted passage becomes the evidence for Odysseus temporarily assuming Agamemnon's authority.
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Agamemnon's cognitive dissonance freezes him so completely that Odysseus can take the royal scepter, which Jiang reads as part of Agamemnon's soul, legacy, and authority.
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Achilles would probably fail in today's society because modern paths to athletic fame require coaches, sponsors, regimen, authority, structure, and conformity that conflict with his independent nature.
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"My guide took hold of me decisively. By way of words and bands. And other signs. He made my knees and brows show reverence...."
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"It is a power descending from above that helped me guide him here to see and hear you."
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"And at this point, he is lost in this forest, and he feels hopeless. And then a man emerges named Virgil. And Virgil is..."
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"...believe in God. That's why he's in hell. He rejects the authority of God. Yet he obeys God. So that makes absolutely no sense...."
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"Do not attempt to block his fated path. Our passage has been willed above, where one can do what he has willed and ask..."
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"Which is to say, don't trust the person closest to you. Be careful how you enter and whom you trust. Okay? And what confirms..."
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"And then a man emerges named Virgil. And Virgil is the poet that Dante respects the most because at this point in history, Virgil..."
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"Helen of Argos. Helen for whom so many Argives lost their lives in Troy, far from native land. No, don't give up now. Range..."
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"...of his soul, right? It's his legacy. It's what gives him authority. He's the king of kings. And Odysseus just takes the crown from..."
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"...independent -minded person, and so he would rebel against all this authority, all this structure, all this conformity. And so he would probably fail..."
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"High vocabulary, low vocabulary. When rich parents speak to the kids, rich parents will use higher vocabulary, longer sentences. Poor parents will just be..."
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"Okay? Don't do that. Pretty simple. Okay? But as you can understand, the rich kid will understand that the world is safe and that..."
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