FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a snake
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a funnel
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a series of boxes inside each other
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a diamond because of Satan’s fight with the trinity
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante describes Hell as a funnel or inverted cone descending in nine diminishing rings until the center of the earth (also the center of the universe in the geocentric understanding of his day) is reached.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Dante’s imagination, hell looked like a huge funnel that formed when the fallen angel Lucifer dropped to earth with a slam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dante imagined Hell like an inverted cone, with its circles gradually becoming smaller nearer to Earth’s core. Each circle was dedicated to a sin and the sin’s related punishment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante explains that the rivers of Hell are formed by tears falling from the giant old man encased in the mountain of Ida on the island of Crete, the centre of the known world.
Detailed explanation-5: -First Circle: Limbo. Second Circle: Lust. Third Circle: Gluttony. Fourth Circle: Greed. Fifth Circle: Anger. Sixth Circle: Heresy. Seventh Circle: Violence. Eighth Circle: Fraud. More items