Adam in Paradise Lost
The human host and questioner whose garden life receives angelic instruction.
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SourceAlberigo and the Frozen Tears
The speaker who requests relief from the ice over his eyes but does not receive it.
Dante, Inferno
Alessio of Lucca among the Flatterers
The recognised speaker who attributes his place in the second ditch to excessive flattery.
Dante, Inferno
Beatrice, Dante’s Heavenly Guide
The woman whose recognition leads through confession towards the celestial journey.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Belacqua
The familiar spirit whose delayed repentance becomes a long wait beneath the rock.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseBernard, Dante’s Final Guide
The elder who directs Dante’s last attention towards Mary and the ultimate vision.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Bertran de Born’s Speaking Head
The head-bearing speaker who explains his division through a division he claims to have caused.
Dante, Inferno
Bocca’s Refusal to Give His Name
The frozen speaker identified by another voice after resisting Dante’s demands.
Dante, InfernoSourceBranca Doria’s Apparently Living Body
The named example used to explain a body functioning above while its soul is already below.
Dante, Inferno
Buonconte da Montefeltro's Final Tear
A last invocation and tear decide the fate of a dying fighter in the poem.
Dante, Purgatorio
SourceCasella
The beloved singer whom Dante tries, unsuccessfully, to embrace after death.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Catalano and Loderingo
Two Bolognese friars who recall their joint appointment as arbiters in Florence.
Dante, Inferno
Cato at the Shore of Purgatory
The revered guardian who permits a living traveller to approach the mountain.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Cavalcante’s Question about His Son
The grieving father who mistakes Dante’s tense and hesitation for news of death.
Dante, InfernoSourceCiacco and the Divided City
The Florentine soul who answers Dante’s questions about the city’s approaching strife.
Dante, InfernoSourceConrad Malaspina's Coming Proof
A nobleman's reputation becomes a prediction of the traveller's future experience.
Dante, Purgatorio
Doctor Faust
The dissatisfied scholar whose search for experience binds him to Mephistopheles.
Goethe’s Faust, Part OneSourceDominic in Dante’s Praise
The labourer who tends the Church’s garden through learning and determined service.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseEve in Paradise Lost
The garden’s human companion and host, whom Raphael greets as mother of mankind.
John Milton, Paradise LostFarinata in the Open Tomb
The upright Florentine shade who debates family rivalry and the city’s fate.
Dante, Inferno
Filippo Argenti in the Mire
The Florentine spirit rejected from the boat during the Stygian crossing.
Dante, Inferno
Francesca of Rimini in the Inferno
The speaking soul who recalls a shared death and a romance read with her companion.
Dante, InfernoSourceFrancis in Dante’s Praise
The saint whose marriage to Poverty exemplifies a renewal of the Church.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseSourceGiacopo del Cassero's Last Flight
A speaker recalls a fatal escape through marshes and asks for prayer in Fano.
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