FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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True/False:Dante’s idea of “contrapasso” is that one’s punishment in hell should mirror the sin he/she committed on earth.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Contrapasso is one of the few rules in Dante’s Inferno. It is the one “law of nature” that applies to hell, stating that for every sinner’s crime there must be an equal and fitting punishment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante imagined Hell like an inverted cone, with its circles gradually becoming smaller nearer to Earth’s core. Each circle was dedicated to a sin and the sin’s related punishment.
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