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Jiang emphasizes that the Divine Comedy's main protagonist is a common man, Dante, rather than an exalted mythic hero.
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Common man
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...poet is sitting at home. No, they are protagonists. But the common man is not in the artwork. It's not in the literature. But..."
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"...poet is sitting at home. No, they are protagonists. But the common man is not in the artwork. It's not in the literature. But..."
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"...friend calls you the next day, or next week. It's very common, man. Right? We've all had this experience. If you have someone that..."
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"...did. And not all the elite, but like, it was pretty common, man. It was really common, okay? Like, if you go to like..."
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"...as really about fighting for the truth, about fighting for the common man. And that's, and that's an attitude I maintain for the longest..."
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"...to be the winners? Like, is it going to be the common man because they're going to be issued a wife? Or. Or is..."
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