FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fortune is a “divine minister” similar to an angel.
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Fortune is responsible for the distribution of worldly goods.
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Fortune is beyond human understanding.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fortune, an unpredictable and uncontrollable influence on human affairs, was often personified as a minor female deity as in the writings of the ancients.
Detailed explanation-2: -Virgil gives Dante a discourse on fortune, and, in brief, explains to Dante that fortune is impartial, and that the unlucky are quick to revile fortune, which Virgil suggests is a misguided aggression since in fact fortune couldn’t care less what people have to say.
Detailed explanation-3: -As an allegory, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Perfection of God’s Justice Dante creates an imaginative correspondence between a soul’s sin on Earth and the punishment he or she receives in Hell.