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Jiang hears Virgil's appeal to Marcia not as warm friendship but as bargaining: help us now and I will carry your name or help your wife later.
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Marcia
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Line 76. Eternal edicts are not broken for us. This man's alive and I'm not bound by Minos, but I'm from the circle where..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Line 76. Eternal edicts are not broken for us. This man's alive and I'm not bound by Minos, but I'm from the circle where..."
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Cato says Marcia no longer moves him now that she dwells beyond the evil river, and he agrees to help only for the sake of the heavenly lady rather than out of affection for Virgil.
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Jiang reads Virgil's mention of Marcia as a subtle bribe or small threat aimed at Cato.
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Cato's placement creates a paradox because he was not Christian, killed himself, and had been in limbo, but still reached purgatory while Marcia remained in limbo.
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Virgil attempts to gain Cato's permission by invoking his authority in hell and promising kindness to Marcia, which Jiang reads as an attempted bribe.
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"Line 76. Eternal edicts are not broken for us. This man's alive and I'm not bound by Minos, but I'm from the circle where..."
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"...was in limbo. K, right before I was in limbo with Marcia. Can I going now,"
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"not that she dwells beyond the evil river. She has no power to move me any longer. As such with the laira creed when..."
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"...me to but that's why not because uh you can help marcia okay so they're they're like enemies they don't really like each other..."
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"Eternal edicts are not broken for us. This man's alive and I'm not bound by Minos. But I am from the circle where the..."
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"...being very subtle, right? He's saying to Cato, listen, your wife, Marcia, she's still in limbo with me. And if you treat us well..."
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"While within the other world, Marcia so pleased my eyes. He then replied, each kindness she required, I satisfied."
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"...before I was in limbo with you, Virgil, and my wife, Marcia. Okay? He's saying that. But remember, when we first read the Inferno,..."
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"Okay? This is like a paradox. Okay, keep on going."
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"why we're here this man had yet to see his final evening he's not dead but for his folly little time was left before..."
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"...I am from the circle where the chaste eyes of your Marcia your wife are I know your wife and she still prays to..."
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"wife Marcia right so give me some face here man you know and this is what Cato says while I was there within the..."
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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The Divine Comedy does not defeat Virgil by denouncing him.
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