FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Violent
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Malicious
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Incontinence
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Selfish
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Detailed explanation-1: -The three beasts are allegories of three different sins: the leopard represents lust, the lion pride, and the wolf represents avarice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Serpent-Life, rebirth, resurrection, wisdom, passion, healing, poison, preserver, destroyer, malice, fertility.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virgil distinguishes between three types of sin: sins of ‘incontinenza’, sins of ‘violenza’, and sins of ‘frode’. We shall examine these in the order of gravity accorded to them in the Inferno, starting with sins of ‘incontinence’, then moving onto ‘violence’, and concluding with ‘fraud’.
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.