The Inferno · Character
The Dane
A fellow traveler and acquaintance in the narrator's European exile.
minor
First appearance: v purgatory
The Dane shows up with force in I: The Hand of the Invisible. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Implied as part of the Scandinavian colony; the kindhearted woman who helps the narrator is from this community.
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In I: The Hand of the Invisible: Implied as part of the Scandinavian colony; the kindhearted woman who helps the narrator is from this community. Later, in VII: Beatrice: The theosophical friend who questions the…
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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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