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.
Dante, Purgatorio
Gianni Schicchi in the Falsifiers’ Ditch
The impersonator named as he seizes and drags Capocchio.
Dante, InfernoSourceGomita in the Navarrese Account
The Sardinian official described by another inhabitant of the pitch.
Dante, Inferno
Harry of England in the Valley
The English king appears alone within the company of waiting rulers.
Dante, Purgatorio
Homer in the Company of Poets
The supreme poet who leads the classical company greeting Virgil in Limbo.
Dante, InfernoHorace in Dante’s Limbo
The poet named Flaccus, praised for satire within the classical company.
Dante, InfernoSourceJustinian in Paradise
The emperor who recounts law and empire beneath the sign of the Roman eagle.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseLucan in Dante’s Limbo
The last poet named in the classical company that welcomes Dante as a sixth member.
Dante, InfernoSourceLucia, the Heavenly Helper
The helper whose aid carries the sleeping traveller towards Purgatory’s gate.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseSourceManfredi in Purgatory
The wounded king who asks that his daughter learn the truth of his final repentance.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Marco Lombardo
The spirit who rejects the claim that the stars compel human wrongdoing.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Margaret in Faust
The young woman whose encounter with Faust becomes the centre of the tragedy.
Goethe’s Faust, Part One
SourceMartha in Faust
Margaret’s neighbour in Faust, who encourages secrecy over the gifted jewels and helps bring the lovers together.
Goethe’s Faust, Part One
Matilda in the Earthly Paradise
The woman who guides the traveller beside the renewing streams.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Myrrha among the Impersonators
The mythical figure placed beside Schicchi through the theme of assumed appearance.
Dante, InfernoSourceNino, the Judge of Gallura
A familiar judge asks Dante to bring a request for prayer to his daughter.
Dante, PurgatorioOttocar beside Rodolph
A consoling ruler is contrasted with his heir in the valley's political portrait.
Dante, PurgatorioOvid in Dante’s Limbo
The poet named Naso, standing third in the company that receives Dante.
Dante, Inferno
Paolo, Francesca’s Silent Companion
The companion carried with Francesca, who weeps while she tells their story.
Dante, InfernoSourcePeter de la Brosse among the Petitioners
A named spirit appears in the crowd seeking prayers through the traveller.
Dante, Purgatorio
Pia's Request to Be Remembered
A short address asks the returning traveller to remember a woman from Siena.
Dante, PurgatorioSourcePiccarda
The blessed woman who explains why a lower appearance in Heaven brings no discontent.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseRodolph in the Valley of Princes
An emperor sits above the other spirits while the guide recalls an unfulfilled duty.
Dante, Purgatorio
Ruggieri in Ugolino’s Accusation
The archbishop named by Ugolino and represented as the pursuer in his prison dream.
Dante, InfernoSourceSordello
The Mantuan poet whose welcome to Virgil exposes the divisions of earthly Italy.
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