Dante is quite explicit about the challenge that he poses to the reader in Paradiso: at the beginning of Paradiso 2, he tells the reader to turn back to shore, lest we get lost as we follow him onto the watery deep.
The Commedia gets harder as you keep reading. 103-end Beatrice’s reply does not stoop to answer only the specific question, but goes back to first principles: the order of the universe, how all created being (the Many) returns to its Maker (the One).Paul’s raptus more light and the pilgrim’s first expressed desire to know (“disio” in verse 83), a key plot driver of Paradiso Beatrice solves the first doubt and generates a second: “ma ora ammiro / com’ io trascenda questi corpi levi” (But now I wonder how my body rises past these lighter bodies ) 37 The “story” begins: setting of time of year and place, the vernal equinox and the Earthly Paradise Beatrice looks at the sun Dante’s experience is like that of Glaucus the coinage “trasumanar” St.
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