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He interprets the demons' compliance as suspicious because the circle of fraud is built on deception; their obedience is likely the first move in a trick against Virgil.
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Deception
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diagnosis
Jiang says the demons can see that Virgil's pride makes him want to display mastery, which is why they judge him easy to deceive.
model
He argues arrogant people are easier to trick than humble people because they are invested in maintaining face and control.
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Jiang says everyone in this bolgia should be treated with suspicion because it is the circle of fraud and deception, so even apparently helpful speech is probably a trick.
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The new narrative turn is that Virgil discovers the devils gave false directions about the bridge out of the bolgia.
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Jiang interprets trusting the devil as a manifestation of pride, because only a proud person assumes he can safely bargain with or outsmart a liar.
model
A student compares Satanic temptation to the serpent in Eden, where deceptive questioning and verbal precision undermine trust and draw the listener into false inference.
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A student reads Screwtape Letters as a demon-centered instruction manual in seduction and deception, extending the class's model of how Lucifer might speak.
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"yeah right he's flexing he's being arrogant right right so to deal with his fear he's choosing to be proud and arrogant before the..."
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"...the answer is we are in the circle of freud guys deception right do you understand okay that's that's what these demons are they..."
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"right all right so we don't want to overthink things okay the solution has to be simple and elegant so let's just think of..."
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"so you recognize oh it's just arrogance it's this pride i can take advantage of doesn't make sense okay so so again the thing..."
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"...apart, okay? So this is the circle of fraud, circle of deception. We should be wary of everything people do here, okay? All right,..."
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"Line 124. Then I saw Virgil stand amazed above that one who lay stretched out upon a cross so squalidly in his eternal exile...."
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"So Virgil recognized he's been lied to, like, duh, right? Keep on going."
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"At which the friar, in Bologna, I once heard about the devil's many vices. They said he was a liar and a father of..."
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"So why would you trust the devil? What could lead someone to trust the devil? Pride, right? Does that make sense? Is there a..."
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"Like very cunning or like lying like a snake. So like how the temptation happens in the Garden of Eden. Okay. Did God really..."
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"...is very fun. But it's about all of these mentioned above, deception."
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"And this is book two, where Ineas is recounting the fall of Troy. And so if you know the history, what happens is the..."
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