Glossary
Named as the heavenly figure beside whom Beatrice is seated, used by Jiang as a consistency check against Paradiso.
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Rachel
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...made her way to where I was, sitting beside the venerable Rachel. Again, remember, okay, we've been to paradise, we know exactly where Beatrice..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...made her way to where I was, sitting beside the venerable Rachel. Again, remember, okay, we've been to paradise, we know exactly where Beatrice..."
Key Notes
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Jiang takes the mention of Beatrice sitting beside Rachel as another proof that Inferno stays consistent with the Paradise cosmology already discussed in class.
model
Jacob and Rachel's story becomes great literature because a few words contain years of rivalry, humiliation, endurance, and love.
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Rachel and Jacob's love is shown by mutual endurance: Jacob works another seven years and Rachel waits instead of leaving.
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"...made her way to where I was, sitting beside the venerable Rachel. Again, remember, okay, we've been to paradise, we know exactly where Beatrice..."
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"Beatrice is sitting next to Rachel, and it says it here as well, okay? There's actually no inconsistency in divine comedy. Keep on going...."
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"now the esso is pissed off at jacob so jacob has no choice but to run away okay he runs away and he meets..."
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"...the name of the elder was leah and the younger was rachel leah's eyes were lovely and rachel was graceful and beautiful jacob loved..."
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"...you have done to me did i not serve you for rachel why didn't have you deceive me laban said this is not done..."
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"...question is why did he do so and the answer is rachel and leah are sisters right and therefore they probably hate each other..."
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"...how does he know this because he knows that jacob loves rachel right laban is able to like stand far away and look at..."
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"...Laban's like you know what if after seven years Jacob marries Rachel they're going to run off together. Right? And for the rest of..."
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"Right? Second of all Rachel's willing to wait for Jacob. She could at any time just run off and be with someone else. But..."
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"...individuals who go straight to heaven right these include mary um rachel roof um beatrice and so the um but in paradise there is..."
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"...justice uh to be generous with others okay so think of rachel who didn't really do much but because um because when presented with..."
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"...okay. So one possibility is that Lucia and all the women, Rachel, Ruth, and Beatrice, are all praying for him. And so this is..."
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