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RS> Great question!!!
RS> Isn't the line 31 one of the keys. Dante recognizes his own hypocrisy and
RS> must find a way to carry on regardless. He does so carefully.
RS> Fucci, line 134, was a black guelph, who was party to the betrayal of the
RS> white guelphs which resulted in Dante's exile. Dante is passing through
RS> hell while Fucci is there forever.
RS> Perhaps Counterpass simply is a quiet revenge; sort of a "one up manship".
RS> Quiet because Dante, though revenged, recognizes his own weakness for the
RS> same sin as Fucci.
It's nice you've shown an ability to do such work (find anything
anywhere), but if you check canto 28, where there's Bertran indeed
using a word "contrapasso" to describe some sort of karmic justice,
you'll see that your work is done in vain. Sometimes you just better
try some simpler things, as on-line search, which is very easily
accessible for Commedia.
Nikol
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