Dante had never seen himself as a good person, but he didn't see himself as evil either.
He hated those who did evil, and he didn't agree with those who did pure good either. He saw himself as a balanced person who leaned toward good, doing good only when it wouldn't harm him.
'Am I a hypocrite?'
He didn't know if that thought was truly his or not, but he didn't care anymore.
What was the difference between him and the evil people he disdained?
He took advantage of Elizabeth's blindness and showed her only what he wanted her to "see". So what if he was doing all that for what he thought was good for her? At the end of the day, he subconsciously treated her as an object that was his.
And even if that was ignored, the fact that he convinced himself that a small amount of misfortune was nothing to escape any sense of guilt was worse.
He felt irritated, disdained, and disgusted by his own actions.
