Ugolino was an Italian Nobleman and he was mentioned in Dante's divine comedy. As a father myself, this story and this representation hit very close to my heart and mind. Yes, i would have gone mad if I had to face this scenario. The sculptor is obviously brilliant and brings out the madness and the horrible choice in front of the father clearly.
- Father our pain', they said,
- 'Will lessen if you eat us you are the one
- Who clothed us with this wretched flesh: we plead
- For you to be the one who strips it away'.
- (Canto XXXIII, ln. 56–59)
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- … And I,
- Already going blind, groped over my brood
- Calling to them, though I had watched them die,
- For two long days. And then the hunger had more
- Power than even sorrow over me
- (Canto XXXIII, ln. 70-73)
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