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    They would often would partake in prank wars with one another, occasionally teaming up to trick Beatrice and her mother. She would usually refer to him on a first name basis, since she had gotten to that level of comfort with him. During his free time from work and watching games with Merope, he would train with her for hours until they were both called for dinner. Merope’s dad had never missed a game of hers since she was 4 years old, when she was enrolled in pee wee soccer and basketball. She cherished her father greatly, holding him at a high regard along with her sister Bea. Polar opposites, Bea and Mero couldn’t be closer. Merope was fiercely protective of Bea, as she visualized the worst in people. Her pessimistic behavior often was trumped by Bea’s beaming optimism, as she tried to bring her older sister in the light. Merope had a certain…

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    Divergent like her. This shows Beatrice's intelligence because it shows that she has been watching and observing. It also shows that she is figuring out the system because she was sure enough that he is Divergent to say it out loud, which is a big deal in this society. Beatrice shows her high level of intelligence through her constant questioning and observing of her surroundings. Determination is what allows Beatrice to be brave and continue her intelligent efforts. In her mind she thought,…

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    He has made it through the challenges of life and he is at the point of being able to learn about life with God and what is found in the realms of heaven. At the beginning Beatrice is able to look straight into the light and Dante tries it for a second. He is not totally prepared and looks away after a brief moment. They discuss the moon and the different cosmos. He is taught about the variations that exist and how there is correlation to the truth of many degrees of glory. The voyage has…

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    In the early thirteen hundreds, the poet Dante Alighieri completed his magnum opus, the Divine Comedy. This epic poem follows the Pilgrim, who is led by Virgil and Beatrice, through every aspect of the Christian afterlife according to Catholic tradition. The Pilgrim is Dante himself, who was chosen to bear witness the evils of hell and wonders of heaven and, by doing so, change the hearts of his readers. Additionally, the pilgrim was chosen because some secret sin, of which he need only to…

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    Rony Alexander Morales FDWLD 101 Section: December 9, 2017 One of the greatest unknowns that the human being has had over time is if there is life after earthly death, many people have tried to answer this question one of these people was Dante Alighieri the work has as its main axis, the search of Dante who is helped by Virgil, to find the inspiration of his poems, traveling 3 places to achieve his goal. The Divine Comedy recounts Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, guided…

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    After rescuing her, she decides to aid them in their quest to return home, saying that the only way to get there is by speaking to a witch named Adelaide. In The Divine Comedy, a woman named Beatrice attempts to physically guide Dante towards salvation. However, Beatrice from Over the Garden Wall is sort of an inverted version of Beatrice from The Divine Comedy. While Dante’s Beatrice genuinely tried to guide him towards the ‘right path,’ Wirt and Greg’s Beatrice was guiding them towards their…

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    21st, 1265. He was born into a family that was involved in the very complex Florentine government which later helped form the basis for The Divine Comedy. Sadly, Dante 's mother passed away only twelve years after his birth.The poet 's love life was just as complicated as his life at home. He was scheduled to marry Gemma Donati, which later became a predicament in his unhappy marriage. The couple were married somewhere around 1285. During the entirety of his marriage, Dante was in love with…

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    Confusing love story “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” In the play “much ado about nothing” By William shakespeare benedick and beatrice were tricked by Don pedro who is benevolent. Before benedick and beatrice fell in love they showed disdain and hatred towards each other . Beatrice is used as the foil character for benedick by which her being naive toward the love benedick is trying to show her. Thus this influences the conflict of the plot …

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    born. At age 12 he was arranged to be married with a daughter of a family friend whose name was Gemma Donati. They married around 1285 but he was in love with Beatrice Portinari. Beatrice would be a huge influence on the Divine Comedy. Dante and Beatrice met when she was 9, it was thought to be love at first sight. They knew each other for years and he secretly loved her from afar. Unfortunately, she died in 1290. Around the time of her death he began to heavily study the philosophy of…

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    Elizabethan lord who is romantic and falls in love at first sight. While Beatrice and Benedick do not follow the conventional courtly couple, who have views against love but ultimately falls in love in the end. Beatrice and Benedick would be seen as the ideal couple in a modern perspective, as Beatrice is independent and both have views against arranged and superficial marriage. Through the play she is a subservient lady, and even after Claudio’s public humiliation, as an Elizabethan lady, she…

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