The worldly motive Jiang says Virgil earlier named and that Dante now mistakes for a sufficient substitute for Beatrice and God.
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everlasting fame
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Jiang's cross-reference to Virgil's earlier phrase 'everlasting fame' makes the irony explicit: what looks everlasting is only a shadow and therefore a false motive for the journey.
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"a problem now yes because it's just slowing him down yes because he's trying to get to Beatrice right you understand this is a..."
"wanted to say for Beatrice right but instead Virgil says for everlasting fame right you guys remember this and now Dante that'll think shadow..."
"...make sense he thinks he virgil said you're doing this for everlasting fame and now he's like well i have everlasting fame so i'll..."
"...cares about is this shadow because the shadow is bringing him everlasting fame where he is but in the second half of the canto..."
"...corrupted yeah like i i told him to do things for everlasting fame now he's doing what i want so now and so now..."
"...to motivate, uh, Beatrice, Dante a lot more than like, Hey, everlasting fame, man. That's what we want. Okay. So it shows you psychology,..."
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