Jiang frames the Virgil-Dante relation here as father and son, with Dante still needing Virgil to lift him from hell and through the early climb of Purgatory.
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Father SON
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Jiang explicitly maps anxiety of influence onto Virgil and Dante as a father-son drama in which Dante must eventually leave the father behind to become himself.
Jiang reasserts that Dante and Virgil now behave like father and son on a hike, with Dante regressing into repeated complaints and Virgil responding like an impatient parent.
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"i think it's insecurity right it's like like he needs virgil constantly beside him he can't see the shadow he's nervous like where's virgil..."
"...then defeat that person right it is very similar to the father -son dynamic right where you first become a father then you kill..."
"...would you describe the relationship seriously no yes well still a father -son relationship yes can you explain why"
"...focus on the mountaintop okay so so it's very much a father -son relationship and it's almost like dante has regressed right because he's..."
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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