FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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The idea that the punishment fits the crime
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The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova
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The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy
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The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy
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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: -One example of Contrapasso is seen in Canto V with Francesca da Rimini and Paolo. These two characters find themselves in a situation described as an “infernal storm, eternal in its rage, sweeps and drives spirits in its blast: it whirls them, lashing them with punishment” (110.31-33).
Detailed explanation-3: -Contrapasso: eternally frozen in Hell due to the cold-heartedness in their lifetime. Summary: Dante witnesses one sinner, Count Ugolino, gnawing violently on the head of another sinner, Archbishop Ruggieri. Sin: While alive, Ugolino betrayed the city of Pisa.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the Contrapasso in Canto 6? The sinners are being treated like pigs in the muddy and gross environment. They lived a life in comfort while indulging on Earth, so now in Hell, they have to live in uncomfort.
Detailed explanation-5: -Contrapasso-In this Canto, their are three different contrapassos. The contrapasso for the Falsifiers of Coins is dropsy, the contrapasso for the Falsifiers of Other Persons is insanity and the contrapasso for Liars is a fever that makes them stink.