Francesca da Rimini
A soul in the circle of lust, who fell in love and shared a kiss with her lover while reading a romance, leading to both their deaths at the hands of her husband. Her story causes Dante to faint out of pity and confusion about the nature of lust and love.
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Dante Livestream #6 (Sunday, June 21 10AM)
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A soul in the circle of lust, who fell in love and shared a kiss with her lover while reading a romance, leading to both their deaths at the hands of her husband. Her story causes Dante to faint out of pity and confusion about the nature of lust and love.
Dante #6
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A soul in the circle of lust who recounts her story of falling in love with her husband's brother, Paolo, while reading the story of Lancelot, leading to their discovery and murder. Dante shows great pity for her.
Dante #7
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A character in Inferno punished for lust, whose story illustrates lust as escaping into fantasy and not taking oneself seriously, rather than solely as physical desire.
Dante Livestream #7 (Monday, June 22 10AM)
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A character in the Divine Comedy whose story of illicit love with her husband's brother is used to illustrate Dante's depiction of lust, where she escapes into fantasy rather than true will and desire.
Dante #7 Hell Cantos 10-19
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A character in Inferno, representing lust, who fell in love with her husband's brother, illustrating Dante's idea of lust as escaping into fantasy and a lack of self-will.