ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which circle would Dante place someone who committed suicide?
A
The circle of violence
B
The circle of wrath
C
The circle of heresy
D
The circle of treachery
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante alludes to this by placing suicides in the seventh circle of Hell, where the violent are punished, alongside murderers, tyrants, blasphemers, sodomites and usurers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Fourth Circle of Hell is for those specifically guilty of avarice, who either spend or hoard too much money. This circle of hell is divided in half between the spenders and hoarders, who are constantly brawling with each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seventh Circle: this circle houses the violent. Outer ring, housing the violent against people and property, who are immersed in Phlegethon, a river of boiling blood, to a level commensurate with their sins. Middle ring: In this ring are the suicides, who are transformed into gnarled thorny bushes and trees.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inferno tells the story of Dante’s journey through a vision of the Christian hell ordered into nine circles corresponding to classifications of sin; the third circle represents the sin of gluttony, where the souls of the gluttonous are punished in a realm of icy mud.

Detailed explanation-5: -Heresy and Its History Sinners assigned to the Sixth Circle of Hell in Dante’s Inferno are guilty of heresy, or having beliefs that contradict any teachings of a major religion; in this case, Christianity. These could include pagans or members of other belief systems.

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