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Jiang begins to interpret Charon's refusal and later compliance as a paradox about hell's rejection of God and obedience to Virgil's authority.
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Charon
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Jiang says Charon obeys Virgil rather than God, suggesting Virgil functions as master of hell.
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"Okay, so Charon doesn't want to take Dante across because Dante is still living. But when Virgil says to him, hey, let us pass,..."
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"...going to heaven. And so Dante is a corruption. And so Charon doesn't want to take Dante across. But then Virgil says, hey God..."
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"And the question then is, well, why is he master of hell? And the answer is, because he created hell through the Inayat, right?..."
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"...blocks their path into hell. And there is a ferryman named Charon from Greek mythology who will take them across the river."
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"But the problem is that Dante is still living. And Charon sees that. And he says to Dante, there's a problem here. I can't..."
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"...A lighter craft will have to carry you. My guide then, Charon, don't torment yourself. Our passage has been willed above where one can..."
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A source-grounded reading of Dante as a dangerous poem: poetry enters memory like a virus, Virgil appears as guide and trap, and hell becomes the world people choose when obedience replaces love.
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