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During the discussion friday I was not wholly convinced that Beatrice was marginalized and “separate from God”. In her life she was quite well-to-do and married very well, therefore she was in the uppercrust of society thus it is unlikely that she was marginalized during her life on Earth. In the afterlife she is in the celestial rose, which is a symbol of divine love- thus, saved. Any soul that is saved is close to God because even if dante is seeing them in different levels in heaven, they are just examples of different ways to be saved. In the Catholic tradition, i believe, no one can be “more saved’ than someone else. I believe we’ve discussed before in class that In the Italian tradition there seems to be a democracy among the souls, unlike in the classical tradition. One must be careful not to get the epicurean idea of distant gods to get in the way.
In some ways I don’t even see Beatrice as a prophet, but moreso a messenger and interpreter of the complicated predictions. I may be wrong, but I couldn’t go on without expressing my hestitance to accept the ideas presented.
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