I'm Literally Screaming! Ahhhhhhh, The Asphodels Meadows Are Wonderful, And I Think They Are A Reference
I'm literally screaming! Ahhhhhhh, the Asphodels Meadows are wonderful, and I think they are a reference to Dante's "Inferno"!
Especially the 13th Canto, which is about the punishment of suicides, where the souls are transformed into trees and plants, bound to the ground, and then tortured by the Harpies, who destroy their branches.
That Canto is also a reference to the Aeneid because at the beginning of the poem, Aeneas arrived on a land with the fugitive Troyans and decided to offer something to the Gods. He found a myrtle plant (Aphrodite/Venus' sacred plant) and took some branches, which bleed, indicating something was not normal. That plant was, in reality, the corpse of Polydorus, one of the princes of Troy. He was killed by the man who sweared to protect him from the war in order to obtain his gold. Because he was not completely buried, his soul couldn't enter the Underworld, so Aeneas gave him the proper burial and freed him.
Also, in the Canto, the story of Pier delle Vigne, the soul that talks to Dante and Virgil, is a story of loyalty, betrayal, and regret because he was really loyal to his king and yet he killed himself because of the shame he was feeling.
Sometimes, I feel like this, and I feel crazy, but IT'S THERE, I REALLY SWEAR!
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i kind of super dont relate to the idea that early innocent butters was "taken" from us and/or that hes "ruined" now that hes a much worse person. i actually think that "formerly nice, sweet boy who was the victim of so much abuse, both from his family and greater society, that he started to direct all his negative feelings into hating an easy target (women) instead of acknowledging who and what actually hurt him in the first place (eg, the homophobes who tried to conversion therapy him) because that requires greater effort and what he wants is quick relief and the catharsis of hate" to be probably the most realistic instance of character development in the entire show. its happening right now as we speak!
I hope you enjoyed Kenny being silly goofy annoying his friends because he won't be in a silly goofy mood for a long while now
Questa lezione è una sega per Dante.
"Sto per entrare a farmi operare" ma per favore, non preoccupatevi per me, sopravviverò con la forza di epicuro
BASTA BASTAAAAAA, HO UN LIMITE ANCH'IO PER LE SCOPATE ETERO, VI SUPPLICO, VI SCONGIURO NON NE POSSO PIÙ
Ma solo questa classe partecipa al corso di teatro. Prendere qualche conparsa? No? Troppo costoso? Okay
comunque se manu e simone litigano sarebbe la cosa più in character, almeno parlano
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