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The read passage shows Brunetto addressing Dante as 'my son' and blessing his future course, sustaining paternal intimacy inside hell.
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Father figure
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Jiang says Brunetto's scene mirrors the Aeneid's underworld visit in which Aeneas receives prophecy from his father, which confirms Brunetto as Dante's father figure.
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"Verse 31. And he, my son, do not mind if Brunetto Latino lingers for a while with you and lets the file he's with..."
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"I answered before my years were full. I went astray within a valley. Only yesterday at dawn I turned my back upon it. But..."
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"...again, this is highlighting the fact that Supernato really is the father figure to Dante. Okay, keep on going."
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"...Dante put Beatrice in heaven and then put his teacher, his father figure, in hell? And again, I mean, the only crime, the only..."
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"...so this is Sir, Sir Brunetto, who is the teacher and father figure to Dante. And again, he is in the circle of violence..."
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"...Dante is in awe of Virgil. Dante sees Virgil as a father figure. Does that make sense? So you have to appreciate that at..."
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"To me it's like the catholic church is like the father figure who punishes you if you do bad things"
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