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Manfredi
Manfredi Manfredi carries both Dante's portrait of the medieval king who finds unexpected grace and Byron's supreme portrait of Romantic guilt and defiance — a name that in different literary hands represents either the surprising mercy available to the repentant or the magnificent, self-consuming pride of one who refuses submission even to death. The Germanic "man of peace" etymology adds the irony that this name of peacefulness has been most memorably attached to figures defined by conflict and transgression.
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Manfred
Manfred — Lord Byron
Byron's brooding Alpine hero haunted by an unnamed crime, who seeks death but cannot die, whose torment of guilt and supernatural defiance made him the supreme Byronic anti-hero.
Manfredi
Purgatorio — Dante Alighieri
The historical King Manfred of Sicily whom Dante encounters in Purgatory, who despite dying excommunicate achieved salvation through last-minute repentance and the prayers of the faithful.
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