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