PURGATORIO, Episode 257. All The Hopeful Ambiguity Of The Second Canticle: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 124 - 145

PURGATORIO concludes with threats to COMEDY as a whole, with further mysteries about Matelda’s character, with a final address to the reader about the bridle of the poem, and with four hopeful notes as the pilgrim Dante is ready to ascend to the stars.

Mark ScarbroughApril 8, 2026Purgatorio XXXIII, Purgatorio, Purgatory, Beatrice, Ma, The Garden of Eden, The Earthly ParadiseComment