Beatrice

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Beatrice is the idealized woman in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy who serves as his spiritual guide through Paradise and symbolizes divine love and theology.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Beatrice canonical 5
Beatrice Portinari 3
Beatrice (Divine Comedy) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dante character
allegorical figure
fictional woman
literary character
appearsIn Divine Comedy
Inferno
Paradiso
Purgatorio
appearsPrimarilyIn Paradiso cantos
linked to: Paradiso
associatedConcept Mariology
courtly love
scholastic theology
associatedWithAuthor Dante Alighieri
associatedWithVirtue charity
faith
hope
basedOn Beatrice Portinari
linked to: Beatrice
canonicalStatus central figure in Dante studies
contrastedWith Virgil
createdBy Dante Alighieri
firstAppearance Vita Nuova
linked to: La Vita Nuova
genreContext medieval Christian allegory
guidesCharacter Dante (protagonist)
guidesThrough Paradise
guidesThroughRealm Celestial spheres
influenced later depictions of idealized women in literature
languageOfWork Italian
literaryPeriod Late Middle Ages
literaryTradition Dolce Stil Novo
medium epic poetry
narrativeFunction intercessor for Dante
teacher of theology
religiousContext Christianity
representsComparedToVirgil revelation and grace
roleInVitaNuova idealized beloved
roleInWork spiritual guide
symbolizes beatific vision
divine love
divine wisdom
grace
theology
teaches doctrine of salvation
nature of God
structure of the cosmos
VirgilRepresents human reason
workSetting afterlife

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Divine Comedy guideInParadiso Beatrice
subject linked to: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
Beata Beatrix depicts Beatrice Portinari
linked to: Beatrice
The New Life of Dante relatedPerson Beatrice Portinari
linked to: Beatrice
Comedìa guideInParadiso Beatrice
Beatrice basedOn Beatrice Portinari
linked to: Beatrice
Purgatorio guide Beatrice
Paradiso featuresCharacter Beatrice
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy depictsCharacter Beatrice (Divine Comedy)
linked to: Beatrice