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The Inferno · Character

Christina

A woman associated with the narrator's past sins and guilt.

minor

First appearance: IV: The Fall and Paradise Lost

Christina shows up with force in I: The Hand of the Invisible. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The narrator's wife, who leaves for their ill child, later writes a letter expressing sympathy and a desire to join him.
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In I: The Hand of the Invisible: The narrator's wife, who leaves for their ill child, later writes a letter expressing sympathy and a desire to join him. Later, in IV: The Fall and Paradise Lost: The narrator's wife,…

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TUThe UnknownTDThe DevilCHChristPOPopoffskyOROrpheusCHChristina

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This excerpt is the dramatic climax because it reveals the narrator’s psychological peak of self-identificatio…

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See Christina in IV: The Fall and Paradise Lost