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Hubris And Prudence
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Dante wants two things: immortality in art and in heaven. But he realizes that he might not have the necessary ability to write his Commedia and still go to heaven. Despite his criticism of those figures who attempt the impossible, Dante may be one of them. He may be blasphemous, fraudulent, harmfu ....
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....ed product is like Minerva's: perfect. Like Arachne, Dante is trying to create a perfect piece of art: his Commedia. Is its very perfection an insult to God? Is its attempt at perfection an insult? In the Purgatorio Dante sees perfect art. The terrace of the prideful is made "of white marble and adorned with carvings / so accurate - not only Polycletus / but even Nature, there, would feel defeated."[3]By saying that nature would feel defeated, it is as though God's nature were in competition wit.... |
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