by Beatrice, ascends through the heavens in Paradiso to reach the vision of the Holy Trinity as the final experience of the poem. The emergence from Inferno and the ascent of the mountains and the heavens echoes the resurrection that opens the path to salvation forged by Jesus. The entire Comedy is thus powerfully paralleled to and modeled on the life of Jesus as the story of human limitation, restoration, and finally, triumph in the final presence of God. The role of Jesus in breaking open the bonds