(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 sacrilegeCHAPTER TWO
IN DUBIO PRO REO
(vi-x)sword of damocles
lucifer unforgivable
bureaocratic apocalypse
violent archangels
good God have mercyCHAPTER THREE
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
(xi-xv)awareness of mortality
previous afterlife
romantic dishonesty
bordeaux melancholy
radix malorumCHAPTER FOUR
SIGNIFYING NOTHING
(xvi-xx)underwater cosmos
devil's assassination
the saint of wiltshire
midnight conversations
faute de mieuxCHAPTER FIVE
DANSE MACABRE
(xxi-xxv)cycle of the serpent
la douleur exquise
pomegranate seeds
birds of paradise
absolution waltzthis 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.
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the devil's advocate
Poetry𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 in which jessamine palmer is the only one who can defend a death-eater on...