FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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Because many people were deeply offended by The Divine Comedy
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Because he was embroiled in the conflict between the Black Guelphs and White Guelphs
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Because Pope Boniface VIII was upset by his representation of the church in The Divine Comedy
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Because Beatrice’s family wanted the two lovers separated
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Detailed explanation-1: -The opposing Black Guelphs supported the pope in Rome. After much intrigue and changes of government, the Black Guelphs triumphed. Accused of corruption and financial wrongdoing, Dante was first exiled from Florence for two years in 1302 after he refused to pay a fine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s political activities, including the banishing of several rivals, led to his own banishment, and he wrote his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, as a virtual wanderer, seeking protection for his family in town after town.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Guelphs supported the papacy, and the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; Dante was a Guelph. However, he was a white Guelph (as opposed to a black Guelph): his group were seen to be unfaithful to the papacy and therefore many of their important figures were exiled from Florence.
Detailed explanation-4: -The historical context for Dante’s Inferno is the centuries-long war between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, over whether the emperor or the pope should have more power.
Detailed explanation-5: -For Dante, exile from Florence was a form of punishment worse than death. The exile stripped him of part of his identity and his heritage.