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Love, Lust, and Lancelot: Dante's Inferno, Canto 5

We're in hell for real now. Dante enters the circle of the lustful, where the sinister King Minos strips souls naked and condemns them to their proper place. What does that mean? What does it mean to be "evil-born," and what does Dante show us about the nature of lust? Not, it tu ...  Show more

Dante's Inferno, Episode 5: Can Pagans Be Saved?

Hell is murky. Today we enter limbo, which is technically the least painful section of hell but actually leaves me with some of the toughest questions in the poem. What does Dante make--what do Christians in general make--of all the noble, wise, and humane people who apparently l ...  Show more

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