Emotion

Something that intrigued me was when Virgil says "The anguish of the souls who dwell down here, has painted in my face the pity you have taken to be fear." (Canto 4, lines 19-21) I thought that this was interesting. He's been down there for so long that instead of being afraid, he just pities the lost souls. I never thought that one could reach a point of feeling a new emotion after experiencing an old emotion for so long. especially going from being afraid, to pitying. This was just something that I thought was interesting.