Failed Book Hero

[cesaretech]

Dante, both the poet and the pilgrim, from the Comedy's Inferno is a failed book hero.*

He's told from the very beginning there's no point feeling pity for the sinners, because God's punishments are just, and to feel pity would be to question God's judgment. Yet he just disregards this and weeps (and even faints) for a few of the sufferers in the

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[cesaretech]

Thankfully he gets a bit better throughout the rest of his journey, but in this book, failed heroics abound.

I know that. This post is meant to be more humorous than anything else. ;)

[hashishinahooka]

I literally burst out laughing at "fangirling over Virgil". I was in love with this book when I read it in high school. I am about to re-read it soon.