Tuesday, May 1, 2012

I'm the best.. around and no one is going to keep me down

Read the flowing passage from Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso, and then write a well-organized essay explaining a theme of this specific passage and connect your idea to the title. Also note how Dante’s usage of literary devices brings together the full effect of the theme.



[Piccarda]: "Brother, the power of love appeases our
will so – we only long for what we have;
we do not thirst for greater blessedness.
Should we desire a higher sphere than ours,
then our desires would be discordant with
the will of Him who has assigned us here,
but you'll see no such discord in these spheres;
to live in love is – here – necessity,
if you think on love's nature carefully.
The essence of this blessed life consists
in keeping to the boundaries of God's will,
through which our wills become one single will;
so that, as we are ranged from step to step
throughout this kingdom, all this kingdom wills
that which will please the King whose will is rule." (Par. III, 70-84)

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