act two

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(act ii.)
purgatorio

"and if the devil was
to ever see her dance
he'd kiss her and repent"

CHAPTER ONE
BEATRICE'S ELEGY
(i-v)

carpe diem
earthly delights
terrors of the night
wildfires everywhere
salem sacrilege

CHAPTER TWO
IN DUBIO PRO REO
(vi-x)

sword of damocles
lucifer unforgivable
bureaocratic apocalypse
violent archangels
good God have mercy

CHAPTER THREE
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
(xi-xv)

awareness of mortality
previous afterlife
romantic dishonesty
bordeaux melancholy
radix malorum

CHAPTER FOUR
SIGNIFYING NOTHING
(xvi-xx)

underwater cosmos
devil's assassination
the saint of wiltshire
midnight conversations
faute de mieux

CHAPTER FIVE
DANSE MACABRE
(xxi-xxv)

cycle of the serpent
la douleur exquise
pomegranate seeds
birds of paradise
absolution waltz

this story follows dante's journey to paradise, that's why this second act begins not when jessamine tells the truth but when she decides to take the first step, that decision itself is what sets her in purgatorio.

the devil's advocateOnde as histórias ganham vida. Descobre agora