FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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The sinners in the heretic circle
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The furies
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The fallen angels
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The angelic messengers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante’s fallen angels–they literally “rained down from heaven” (Inf. 8.82-3)–defend the city of Dis (lower hell) just as they once resisted Christ’s arrival at the gate of hell. These angels joined Lucifer in his rebellion against God; cast out of heaven, they laid the foundation for evil in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lower Hell is the City of Dis. In Dante’s scheme, Dis is mostly reserved for intellectual sins rather than mere sins of passion. Demons throng here. The suburbs include heretics and violent criminals, and the central rings various frauds.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beatrice. One of the blessed in Heaven, Beatrice aids Dante’s journey by asking an angel to find Virgil and bid him guide Dante through Hell. Like Dante and Virgil, Beatrice corresponds to a historical personage.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Dante and Virgil arrive at a city, how do the fallen angels treat them? The fallen angels talk to Virgil alone, then they run back to the Gates of the City and slam them shut. Obviously, these angels are angry.
Detailed explanation-5: -The “secret gate” is the gate of Dis, where the travelers are now, which is “secret” because it is deep inside Hell. The “less secret gate” is the gate of Hell itself (depicted by Dante in Inferno 3), a gate that was thrown wide open by Christ when he entered Hell.