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honest with his beloved Beatrice , who eventually went to the other kingdom , and Dante had to pass through the stages of purgatory to purify his soul from that guilt .On the other hand Beatrice had crossed to the other kingdom while Dante is unable to stop and stare at the eyes of Beatrice , That represented the guiding star for the hollow men , but they are guideless , because they couldn’t get a hold of it .Therefore , their movement is hubless , guideless which results in a paralised motion done by the hollow men. They couldn’t look into the eyes of those who have crossed to death’s other kingdom. The hollow men are even stuck in what is assimilated to Dante’s Limbo a place of despair where there is no movement ahead .

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