FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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has non-symbolic meanings
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it has no symbolic meanings
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has symbolic meanings
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has metaphorical meanings
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Detailed explanation-1: -Allegorically, the poem represents the soul’s journey towards God, beginning with the recognition and rejection of sin (Inferno), followed by the penitent Christian life (Purgatorio), which is then followed by the soul’s ascent to God (Paradiso).
Detailed explanation-2: -Example Allegory in Inferno Hell is an allegory for Sin and its consequences. For Dante, it is the understanding that sin begets suffering, and if he continues on his path of Worldliness, his eternal separation from God will be inevitable.
Detailed explanation-3: -The leopard, lion, and she-wolf that menace Dante in his quest to get to the sunlight all represent different types of sin. Traditional interpretations have parsed the leopard as a symbol of fraudulence, the lion as a symbol of pride, and the she-wolf as a symbol of avarice or greed.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main theme of The Divine Comedy is the spiritual journey of man through life. In this journey he learns about the nature of sin and its consequences. And comes to abhor it (sin) after understanding its nature and how it corrupts the soul and draws man away from God.
Detailed explanation-5: -For Dante, light is a powerful means of establishing ambience; however, it can also represent goodness, divinity, wisdom, and truth. Conversely, darkness commonly represents evil, impiety, ignorance, and heresy in literature.