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=== [[The Divine Comedy (Literature)|The epic poem]] ===
=== [[The Divine Comedy|The epic poem]] ===
* [[Intended Audience Reaction]]: Beatrice is used by [[This Wiki]] as the example of a "good" [[Mary Sue]] to show that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]. Dante is similarly a "good" [[Marty Stu]].
* [[Intended Audience Reaction]]: Beatrice is used by [[This Wiki]] as the example of a "good" [[Mary Sue]] to show that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]. Dante is similarly a "good" [[Marty Stu]].
** Dante isn't a [[Marty Stu]], he's got loads of character faults: he's cowardly, petty, violent at times and he submits himself to the penances for Pride, Lust, and Wrath in Purgatory. Beatrice's faultlessness can possibly be explained by the fact that Dante was madly in love with her when he wrote the poem.
** Dante isn't a [[Marty Stu]], he's got loads of character faults: he's cowardly, petty, violent at times and he submits himself to the penances for Pride, Lust, and Wrath in Purgatory. Beatrice's faultlessness can possibly be explained by the fact that Dante was madly in love with her when he wrote the poem.
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."
* [[Tear Jerker]]: Ugolino's backstory and tragic death.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: Ugolino's backstory and tragic death.
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]: The final cantos of ''Purgatorio'' describe creatures that wouldn't be out of place in the biblical Book of Daniel or Revelation to John. These included 6-winged angels with eyes covering their wings, a gryphon, an analogue for the Whore of Babylon, and a giant who abused said Whore of Babylon.
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: The final cantos of ''Purgatorio'' describe creatures that wouldn't be out of place in the biblical Book of Daniel or Revelation to John. These included 6-winged angels with eyes covering their wings, a gryphon, an analogue for the Whore of Babylon, and a giant who abused said Whore of Babylon.


=== [[The Divine Comedy (Music)|The band itself]] ===
=== [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The band itself]] ===
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: The Divine Comedy was initially more successful in France than in Britain.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: The Divine Comedy was initially more successful in France than in Britain.


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