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The Inferno · Character

David

Biblical king and psalmist, a figure of repentance and divine favor.

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Also known as Davy

First appearance: x the eternal has spoken

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In II: St. Louis Leads Me to Orfila: The statue of David rises like a boundary mark in the Luxembourg Gardens, part of the narrator's morning walk. Later, in III: Paradise Regained: Referenced indirectly through the…

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

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

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