A Reference to Beatrice

Dante’s letters and unreturned love for Beatrice reminded me of something from A Series of Unfortunate Events. The narrator, Lemony Snicket, had loved a girl named Beatrice who said no to his marriage proposal. She died soon after, just as Dante's Beatrice had died young. The introduction for each new episode on Netflix has a short love letter written from Lemony Snicket to Beatrice. If this was intentional, it makes sense in keeping with the author’s style. The series is full of plays on words and references, and Beatrice might be another!