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However, while Dante is in the first sphere, it is explained that all the souls in fact occupy the same Heaven and receive the same reward. Different categories of souls appear in different places as an aid to his (and the reader's) understanding, but this should not be taken as a literal representation of what Heaven is like. To accomplish this, each sphere's role derives from an association with the heavenly body that occupies it. For example, Mercury is usually hard to see because it is outshone by the sun, just as those souls found there have their good works overshadowed by their desire for glory. Jupiter, called after the king of the gods in [[Roman]] [[mythology]], is home to kings and other rulers.
However, while Dante is in the first sphere, it is explained that all the souls in fact occupy the same Heaven and receive the same reward. Different categories of souls appear in different places as an aid to his (and the reader's) understanding, but this should not be taken as a literal representation of what Heaven is like. To accomplish this, each sphere's role derives from an association with the heavenly body that occupies it. For example, Mercury is usually hard to see because it is outshone by the sun, just as those souls found there have their good works overshadowed by their desire for glory. Jupiter, called after the king of the gods in [[Roman]] [[mythology]], is home to kings and other rulers.
== Key figures ==
Paradiso is different from the Inferno and Purgatorio in that Dante speaks to far fewer people, and those who speak do so for much longer. In most spheres, Dante engages with one or two souls who act as representatives of all who are there, and their discourses can often take up almost entire cantos.
===Cacciaguida===
In the sphere of Mars, Dante encounters the soul of Cacciaguida, a distant ancestor of his. This encounter lasts for three cantos, and is notable for being the point where Dante is given the task of writing the Comedy itself when he returns to earth.
== Ending ==
== Ending ==