ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The gate that leads into hell reads “All ____ abandon ye who enter here”
A
Hope
B
Sorrow
C
Love
D
Hatred
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante passes through the gate of Hell, which bears an inscription ending with the phrase “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate", most frequently translated as “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Dante and his guide hear the anguished screams of the Uncommitted.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here Meaning Definition: Proceed with caution; do not enter. The proverb abandon hope all ye who enter here comes from Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Detailed explanation-3: -through me you enter into eternal pain, through me you enter the population of loss. . . . abandon all hope, you who enter here.

Detailed explanation-4: -Etymology. From Dante Alighieri’s work Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary as “all hope abandon ye who enter here”, from the Italian lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate.

Detailed explanation-5: -If you have heard anything about The Inferno, or any vague reference to the work, it probably has to do with the words written above the gates of hell: ‘’Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye.

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