We’ve just moved up to the third Terrace of Wrath and its balancing virtue, Gentleness!
And again it’s fascinating how much has been put behind us as readers – once the Beach, landscape, climbing in Ante-Purgatory, and the first two Terraces of Pride and Envy are conquered. We can almost feel the increased lightness to the climb, and the higher altitude sense of understanding and knowledge.
On this ledge the Pilgrim receives three examples of Gentleness trough an “ecstatic trance”, before returning to himself again. His mind is wandering from the reality of the senses, and into strong visual scenes from Greek Mythology and the Biblical Stories.
While his reason, Virgil, is observing the thoughts!