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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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Marcia
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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"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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"Okay, all right. So what he's saying is, before I loved Marcia, but after I was freed and I escaped limbo and now I'm..."
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"...to self -reflect, to forgive myself, and to come to purgatory. Marcia did not. But I cannot make her self -reflect. She has to..."
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The Divine Comedy does not defeat Virgil by denouncing him.
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