1. DE SICA: Religious symbolism of
... and right conscience; it is a failure in genuine love for God and for neighbour caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity- (Catechism 1849). Cesira's sin equates her with a lost soul in purgatory waiting for redemption and entrance into the kingdom of God (Kozma 82). Because Cesira has sinned against the ... solidarity of mankind, she is not in God's grace and must undergo purification to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. When she relocates to the country, however, ... ...
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