BellaTrix

Dante Alighieri’s poem, Divine Comedy, initiates a journey that would eventually lead voyagers to the virtues of Heaven. However, he teaches that reaching this paradisical state of virtue is impossible without first navigating through multiple layers of vice – namely, the 7 deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice, Gluttony & Lust. These sins are suffered by climbing Mount Purgatory, a liminal, hellish space positing the idea that all sin arises from misexpressed Love.

Saturn rewards only consistency, dedication, toil and discipline. Only he who is humble enough to plow the soils that appear meagre will know the bliss of cultivating Eden, a garden where wealth knows no end and fruits know no spoil. 

In this 3 part series, we will explore the psychological process of female individuation through the lens of Disneys' "Tangled".