FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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20 years
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The year of the wedding
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35 years
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The year of death
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante begins the Divine Comedy with the words Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita: “Midway through the journey of my life.” That’s about where I find myself, too (though Dante was thirty-five).
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of canto 32, Dante finds Ugolino gnawing violently at the head of another sinner, Archbishop Ruggieri. Ugolino tells Dante that he will describe his own crime, and allow Dante to determine which of the two of them is the greater sinner.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thirty-five years old at the beginning of the story, Dante-the character as opposed to the poet-has lost his way on the “true path” of life; in other words, sin has obstructed his path to God.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante, in full Dante Alighieri, (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]-died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).