Casella, We Love You But Hardly Know You: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 88 - 105
We've come to the heart of the second story sequence in PURGATORIO, Canto II. Here, Dante tries to hug one of the souls off the angels boat and discovers an old friend, Casella.Casella has some surprising news about souls, their journey to the afterlife, and his own hesitations. All from a soul we hardly know.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we look at some of the interpretive knots in this early, crucial episode in PURGATORIO.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:24] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto II, lines 88 - 105. If you'd like to read…
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