FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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The punishments prevent hope from being reborn in sinners.
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The punishments keep the sinners from entering the path to salvation.
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The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins.
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The punishments remind the sinners that they are damned to hell.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The only punishment mentioned was fire. One important part of the standard view of Purgatory in Dante’s day was that, after death, it was no longer possible to have freedom of choice. This meant that the souls in Purgatory were not expected to become morally better: it was too late for that.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the first vice punished in Purgatory, pride is the most serious of the forgivable sins. As punishment for pride, penitents have to carry such heavy weights that their heads are bent down, rendering them unable to challenge anyone with their defiant eyes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Souls who were violent toward others are condemned to be submerged in boiling blood. People who hurt themselves are pecked at by bird-women called harpies or attacked by dogs. Those who committed violent acts against God writhe in burning sand and burning rain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Seven terraces of Purgatory. After passing through the gate of Purgatory proper, Virgil guides the pilgrim Dante through the mountain’s seven terraces. These correspond to the seven deadly sins or “seven roots of sinfulness": Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice (and Prodigality), Gluttony, and Lust.