FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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fire
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ice
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snickers
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darkness
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Caina, sinners are encased in ice up to their necks.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante calls circle 9, a frozen lake, Cocytus (from Greek, meaning “to lament"). One of the rivers in the classical underworld, Cocytus is described by Virgil as a dark, deep pool of water that encircles a forest and into which pours sand spewed from a torrid whirlpool (Aen. 6.131-2; 6.296-7; 6.323).
Detailed explanation-3: -Dante’s nine spheres of Heaven are the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, and the Primum Mobile. These are associated by Dante with the nine levels of the angelic hierarchy. Dante also relies on traditional associations, such as the one between Venus and romantic love.
Detailed explanation-4: -Contrapasso: eternally frozen in Hell due to the cold-heartedness in their lifetime. Summary: Dante witnesses one sinner, Count Ugolino, gnawing violently on the head of another sinner, Archbishop Ruggieri. Sin: While alive, Ugolino betrayed the city of Pisa.