FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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He is downcast
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He swoons and faints
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He asks Virgil questions
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He prays to God
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante the Pilgrim weeps and suffers with those who are suffering their punishments. He reacts to Francesca’s love for Paolo, her horrible betrayal, and her punishment so strongly that he faints.
Detailed explanation-2: -Francesca’s shade tells Dante that her husband is destined for punishment in Caina–the infernal realm of familial betrayal named after Cain, who killed his brother Abel (Genesis 4:8)–for murdering her and Paolo.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dante placed Paolo and Francesca in hell because they allowed the power of their passions, their most animal-like quality, to overcome their rationality, the thing that made them human.
Detailed explanation-4: -Francesca di Rimini was a beautiful noble girl – destined to become a nun – but she was kidnapped and forced to marry the violent Gianciotto Malatesta, Paolo’s older brother. While living together, Paolo and Francesca fell in love.