FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Himself being tortured
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People that he has never seen before
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All of his friends
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Sinners being punished
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Detailed explanation-1: -Souls who were violent toward others are condemned to be submerged in boiling blood. People who hurt themselves are pecked at by bird-women called harpies or attacked by dogs. Those who committed violent acts against God writhe in burning sand and burning rain.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Is the Ninth Circle of Hell? Dante’s final circle of Hell is reserved for the worst of sinners in the author’s perspective. In this last circle at the very center of the Inferno, Dante places those guilty of treachery and betrayal towards loved ones, close friends, their country, and their masters.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Fourth Circle, sinners are punished by being forced to fight each other for eternity by rolling enormous weights toward one another.
Detailed explanation-4: -The sinners cause Dante to show sympathy for them because of their punishments they have to face. When Dante reaches the fortunetellers and diviners he begins to feel sympathy for them. Virgil explains, “ There is no place for pity here.