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trusk
trusk
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High School - 10th Grade

What does Francesca say is the greatest sadness in this place?

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Posted by trusk on Monday December 8, 2008 at 4:12 PM and tagged with dante's inferno, dantes inferno.

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  1. snyder417
    snyder417 Student
    College - Junior

    Francesca tells Dante, "There is no greater pain than to remember the happy time in wretchedness...." Recalling happy thoughts in the face of extreme despair (such as Hell) is the"greatest sadness."

    Read Canto 5, line 121.

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    Posted by snyder417 on Tuesday December 9, 2008 at 3:43 PM