the name is actually from dante. dante fell in love with this girl when he was a teenager, but she got married to someone else and then died. all of dante's writing is dedicated to her and he conceives of her as perfection. she plays a big part in the divine comedy. 1) she is the one who saves dante from going to hell and send virgil to lead him to her. 2) she is who is waiting for him at the top of purgatory in the earthly paradise and leads him through the heavens. 3) she sits next to the virgin mary in the court of God, meaning that she is the second highest saint.
dante really liked her, so it seemed like a fitting name.
although i do agree that 'much ado ...' is among the best and i wish i could say i thought of the reference.
hmm, that's nice too, but it's wrong to deify people. that's what i like so much about beatrice and benedict. he calls her lady disdain...and yet loves her to pieces. it's such a funny and true love story, "i find you incorragble!"...
see the film version (kenneth bra...naugh? and emma thompson) it's great.
i agree about the problem of deifying people. no one is perfect and thus no one is god-like. (something i tried to get across.)
i appreciate that sort of non-serious love the most. much of the bravado of relationships seems to be theatre put on for others' benefit rather than those actually in the relationship, so it a false kind of seriousness. love is not an accessory for show or for attracting more interesting people, but personal enlightenment. and that experience does not require the politeness and expression of haute culture.
i can't wait to see the film version, but everytime i go to blockbuster i find something else. (i just got "a day without a mexican" and "goodbye lenin!" -- both are fantastic -- a.d.w.a.m. gets high marks for humour, economic literacy, and uniqueness.
da godina, da godina, mia skrilla [only rhymes if you pronounce it as an indian would]
Comments 5
i'm assuming the name is lifted from 'much ado...'? one of the bard's best.
Reply
the name is actually from dante. dante fell in love with this girl when he was a teenager, but she got married to someone else and then died. all of dante's writing is dedicated to her and he conceives of her as perfection. she plays a big part in the divine comedy. 1) she is the one who saves dante from going to hell and send virgil to lead him to her. 2) she is who is waiting for him at the top of purgatory in the earthly paradise and leads him through the heavens. 3) she sits next to the virgin mary in the court of God, meaning that she is the second highest saint.
dante really liked her, so it seemed like a fitting name.
although i do agree that 'much ado ...' is among the best and i wish i could say i thought of the reference.
buonasera principessa
jé
Reply
see the film version (kenneth bra...naugh? and emma thompson) it's great.
c
Reply
i appreciate that sort of non-serious love the most. much of the bravado of relationships seems to be theatre put on for others' benefit rather than those actually in the relationship, so it a false kind of seriousness. love is not an accessory for show or for attracting more interesting people, but personal enlightenment. and that experience does not require the politeness and expression of haute culture.
i can't wait to see the film version, but everytime i go to blockbuster i find something else. (i just got "a day without a mexican" and "goodbye lenin!" -- both are fantastic -- a.d.w.a.m. gets high marks for humour, economic literacy, and uniqueness.
da godina, da godina, mia skrilla [only rhymes if you pronounce it as an indian would]
jé
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment