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No longer needs Beatrice
- Now, in the Empyrean, something similar happens, as Beatrice returns to her rightful place in order to resume her praise of God. Now that he has attained the ability to contemplate God firsthand, Dante no longer needs Beatrice (who has symbolized indirect revelation of God).
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Dante and Beatrice enter the Empyrean, which is where God, the saints, and the angels reside; it is above the nine heavenly spheres, but beyond both space and time.
- Paradiso Canto 31 Summary & Analysis
Now, in the Empyrean, something similar happens, as Beatrice...
- Beatrice
As she guides him through the spheres, Beatrice instructs...
- Paradiso Canto 31 Summary & Analysis
Now, in the Empyrean, something similar happens, as Beatrice returns to her rightful place in order to resume her praise of God. Now that he has attained the ability to contemplate God firsthand, Dante no longer needs Beatrice (who has symbolized indirect revelation of God).
Where Dante expects to see Beatrice, there appears instead a new guide for the final stage of the celestial voyage.
After ascending through the sphere of fire believed to exist in the earth's upper atmosphere (Canto I), Beatrice guides Dante through the nine celestial spheres of Heaven, to the Empyrean, which is the abode of God.
How does Dante describe Beatrice’s beauty as they begin their ascent into the Empyrean (30.14-36)? Why does Beatrice’s beauty increase as she approaches the Empyrean? What does this suggest to us about the effect of God’s presence on the human person?
Rather, the poem jumps, and Dante here records his great final tribute to Beatrice: a very long and significant metapoetic passage that covers 20 verses (16-36) and that eventually modulates into Beatrice’s beginning to speak in verse 38.
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As she guides him through the spheres, Beatrice instructs Dante in theological and philosophical matters when doubts and questions surface in the latter’s mind. When they reach the Empyrean, Beatrice occupies her usual throne, since Dante no longer requires her mediation between himself and direct knowledge of God.
