FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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in Paradiso
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in the earthly paradise
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on Purgatory beach
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante meets Beatrice at Ponte Santa Trinità, by Henry Holiday, 1883. This iconic painting by Henry Holiday depicts the fatal moment in which Dante meets his beloved Beatrice on the banks of the Arno in Florence near the Ponte Vecchio.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Dante, he first met Beatrice when his father, Alighiero di Bellincione, took him to the Portinari house for a May Day party. They were both nine years old at the time, though Beatrice was a few months younger.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beatrice was Dante’s literary muse and inspiration for the Divine Comedy. At the age of nine Dante met Beatrice for the first time and immediately fell in love with her. He did not see her again until exactly nine years later in 1283.
Detailed explanation-4: -Here Dante and Beatrice meet Piccarda, sister of Dante’s friend Forese Donati, who died shortly after being forcibly removed from her convent. They also meet Constance of Sicily, who (Dante believes) was forcibly removed from a convent to marry Henry VI (Canto III).