FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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VERO
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Accused of corruption and financial wrongdoing, Dante was first exiled from Florence for two years in 1302 after he refused to pay a fine. Shortly thereafter he was banned for life and threatened with execution at the stake or beheading if he returned.
Detailed explanation-2: -Somehow Dante believes that his exile can make his own story more tragic and therefore heroic, like that of a Greek hero. Dante’s exile gives him a wider perspective of mankind in general. He is able to meet a broader range of characters during his exile, rather than just the people of his class in Florence.
Detailed explanation-3: -’ The poet Giovanni Boccaccio says Dante visited Paris while in exile and Gladstone believed he studied in Oxford, but it is unlikely that he ever left Italy. He lived for periods in Arezzo, Bologna and Verona and his last few years were spent in Ravenna, where he died in September 1321.
Detailed explanation-4: -La Vita Nuova, which translates to ‘new life’, was Dante’s first major work, written around 1293-94.