A third student says Shakespeare shows the world on stage while Dante supplies an 'outside the cave' vision of heaven, hell, and retribution that answers theological paradoxes Shakespeare leaves unresolved.
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"...like this is the world let me present it on the stage for you for you to see what life is but Dante is..."
"so I feel like yeah Shakespeare is more like a matter of fact of what it is and Dante is more like this is..."
"...gonna pray for me for all of eternity when I'm on stage right because thatoplays out have like 12 million fans it's not gonna..."
"...what I take Purgatory to mean is that no matter which stage of Purgatory you're in, there's a fundamental lesson to be learned. And..."
"But I, because when you sat on stage, you were terrible and really accurate. Why did you say you didn't know that? How do..."
"...a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more it is a tale told by..."
"...he was surrounded by, including Marlowe, including Ford at a later stage and so on. So no, I think it was his knowledge of..."
"...I see before me? Do you think Dante would instruct the stage production to have a dagger appear on the stage or continue to..."
"...and it is done so you know it's a it's a stage prop it's and it's a favorite performance piece isolated from everything else..."
"...it's all just theater and we're all just actors on this stage and what is shocking to them is everyone chooses to participate in..."
"...so um daunting virgil see these demons okay and in this stage in the story there are some things that are unusual what what's..."
"...So again, it shows you how problematic Dante is at this stage in his life, right? He's full of fear, hatred, and envy. Keep..."
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