ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The quote “abandon all hope ye who enter here” is from which text?
A
Vita Nuova
B
The Divine Comedy
C
De Vulgari Eloquentia
D
De Monarchia
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."

Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -“I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost.

Detailed explanation-5: -An inscription at the entrance to hell as described by Dante in The Divine Comedy.

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