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17 apr 2010 · The dialogue between the increasingly anguished Beatrice and Virgil, describing their ordeals, is sophisticated and moving -- indeed, humanly artful. (Martel mentions Diderot and Beckett in ...
22 feb 2011 · When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil —and the epic journey they undertake together.
In Beatrice and Virgil, Martel again evokes the power of allegory, this time to address the legacy of the Holocaust—as well as the pleasure of fairy tales. At the heart of this novel are questions about truth and illusion, responsibility and innocence, and Martel is able to employ Beatrice and Virgil as sympathetic, nuanced vehicles for his ...
7 giu 2010 · Beatrice: I like pears. Virgil: I don't know what a pear is. The references to Flaubert, Dante and the Beckett homage aroused Henry's curiosity; these were the kind of literary allusions critics ...
29 apr 2021 · Beatrice is Dante’s muse; his relationship with her is Platonic. She draws him from Purgatorio through the spheres of Paradiso. Beatrice’s role as a guide extends further than Virgil’s because Beatrice originally initiated Dante’s journey and requested that Virgil accompany him.
In Beatrice and Virgil, Yann Martel tells the story of Henry L’Hôte, a successful author, and his struggles to help a taxidermist write a play. The taxidermist’s play is about a donkey and a ...
11 giu 2020 · Beatrice, depicted here in a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, represents divine love in The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri. Because Virgilsymbolizes human reason, and because of the general Medieval mindset that human reason alone cannot lead to salvation, Virgil, by definition, cannotlead Dante into Paradise.