The quoted canto presents Lucifer not as a seductive speaker but as a monstrous engine of sorrow: three-faced, bat-winged, wind-making, and mechanically chewing Judas, Brutus, and Cassius.
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Grotesque
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"If he was once as handsome and he now is ugly and despite that raised his brows against his maker. One can understand how..."
"Tears gushed together with a bloody froth. Within each mouth he used it like a grinder. With gnashing teeth he tore to bits a..."
"...Relief. In. Raging. And. His. Stupidity. As. Had. Raged. At. The. Grotesque. Blunders. That. Have. Brought. Him. To. Prison. But. Not. In. Prison. In...."
"So the Aztecs were known for the most grotesque forms of human sacrifice. They would sacrifice 1,000 people at once. They would also sacrifice..."
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