The Inferno · Character
Saul
Biblical king referenced as a parallel to the narrator's spiritual blindness.
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In XI: Hell Let Loose: Biblical figure referenced when Strindberg opens the Bible to the story of Saul and the evil spirit. Later, in XII: Pilgrimage and Penance: The narrator's friend is described as 'that Saul among…
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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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