ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Divided into three major sections-Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso-the narrative traces the journey of Dante from darkness and error to the revelation of the divine light, culminating in the Beatific Vision of God.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno tells the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Divine Comedy is divided into three canticles: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Detailed explanation-4: -The number three also relates to sin. The three main types of sin are incontinence, violence, and fraud. A final example of Dante’s use of the number three is the specific lines of poetry Dante used for his epic work. He used a poetic form known as terza rima.

Detailed explanation-5: -But the problems we may encounter as modern readers in understanding the arrangement and classification of sin in the Inferno XI help us to understand what Dante believed sin to be. Virgil distinguishes between three types of sin: sins of ‘incontinenza’, sins of ‘violenza’, and sins of ‘frode’.