The guide initially appears as savior, father, and teacher, but must later be recognized as limited and defeated.
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Virgil as unreliable guide
The guide initially appears as savior, father, and teacher, but must later be recognized as limited and defeated.
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"...history, Virgil is the most influential poet. And Virgil promises to guide Dante out of this shadowed forest and into the light. And Dante..."
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Dante is not offering a church-approved tour of the afterlife.
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