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Beatrice's lesson is that Dante cannot save Virgil if Virgil does not want to be saved; Dante must let him go and save himself.
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Letting GO
Beatrice's lesson is that Dante cannot save Virgil if Virgil does not want to be saved; Dante must let him go and save himself.
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"Because I'm happy there. I'd rather burn in hell for eternity than admit I'm wrong. Dante, though Virgil is leaving you, do not weep..."
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"...and changes for the better. It's almost like a death and letting go of the past. And so scholars read this and like they're..."
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"...Tiamat represents chaos. Marduk represents order. So even though we are letting go of the old, we're destroying the old, it's to create a..."
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The Divine Comedy does not defeat Virgil by denouncing him.
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