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Another student offers that sin still weighs the soul down and therefore has to be cleansed before further ascent is possible.
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Cleansing
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The reading presents Purgatory as a second kingdom where the soul is cleansed and becomes worthy of heaven, in contrast to the dead realm left behind.
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A student reads the washing command as proof that Cato sees Virgil as saturated with hell, while Jiang grants a metaphorical version of that reading: Dante must begin cleansing himself of Virgil's lies.
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Jiang says Purgatory differs from hell because it has night and day, climbing by day, rest by night, and dreams that become part of the soul's cleansing process.
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He says that seeing himself as part of a family legacy cleanses Dante by removing ego and fear before the prophecy scene.
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Jiang glosses the mountain-shake as a visible sign that a soul has completed cleansing and is ready to move upward.
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Cato orders Dante to wash away the stains of hell before approaching purgatory's angelic order.
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"Yes? Well, they have to cleanse themselves of their sin because their sin, the weight of their sin is weighing them down to climb..."
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"One purgatory cantle one, the course across more kindly waters. Now, my talents, little vessel lifts her sails, leaving behind herself a sea. So..."
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"um virgil yes um in in line 95 96 he he tells him um that his face and his body should be washed of..."
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"yeah this is a really really interesting reading right so literally just means dante has been through hell and his face is dirty right..."
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"rules governing hell hell is like eternal torment there's no time it's all just fire and darkness but in purgatory's there's night and day..."
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"...it's removing the ego and fear from him, right? Okay? It's cleansing him. And any other comments or thoughts? Okay, so when we come..."
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"Okay, so the mountain only moves if a soul has been cleansed, okay?"
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"As you say, there is no need of flattery. It is enough, indeed, to ask me for her sake. Go then, but first wind..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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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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The lecture begins with Augustine's dusty human nature and ends with Virgil fleeing the proof that Dante's love is stronger than obedience.
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