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The lesson that Dante wants his reader to learn from this that the sin of lust is of less consequence than the humanity of the lovers. Not only do I believe that this is the lesson that Dante wants us to learn but in a sence Dante is sympathetic to passionate love. In Dante's early life he met a young women by the name of Beatrice although he was married and already had children he was madly in love with at first sight the story later goes on to tell a couple more encounters with this women that he was madly in love with. Dante himself said that if he could have one night with his women the things would he would do would do he would deeply regret from shame and sin. Francesca refuses to thee responsiblity for her doing thus putting her in

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