ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dante being lost in life is represented by
A
walking in a dark wood
B
crossing the hills
C
staring at the sun
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Inferno In Dante’s The Dark Wood Of Error He is lost in a dark forest, which symbolizes not only Dante’s loss of morality, but all of humanity’s sins on Earth. The Dark Wood of Error is a foreshadowing of what the afterlife would be like for Dante without God and without any meaning.

Detailed explanation-2: -The dark woods symbolize sinful life on Earth, and the “right road” refers to the virtuous life that leads to God.

Detailed explanation-3: -What does the dark forest in the beginning of the story represent? The forest is symbolic for Dante’s mid life crisis and also how his path to god has gone astray.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thirty-five years old at the beginning of the story, Dante-the character as opposed to the poet-has lost his way on the “true path” of life; in other words, sin has obstructed his path to God.

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