FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To be
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Duca
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Maestro
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Don
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante addresses him with respect “Ser Brunetto", in Italian he uses “voi” a pronoun showing respect. Latini was a Guelf statesman and writer, whose works “Tresor” and “Tesoretto” influenced Dante’s life and work. Dante uses the title “ser” because Brunetto was a notary in his lifetime.
Detailed explanation-2: -When he was alive, Brunetto Latini was Dante’s guardian, mentor, and teacher. Dante’s portrayal of Latini in the ‘ ‘Divine Comedy’ ‘ is complex, since Latini appears in Hell but is characterized lovingly.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Brunetto was the first Italian author of a long poem … the first Dante, in a sense. But he failed because he died before finishing his poem.” In fact, because Brunetto was Dante’s teacher, Dante may feel-even as his teacher is punished in hell-that Brunetto still sees himself as the master.
Detailed explanation-4: -Brunetto and Dante shared the same political views on Earth, and Brunetto warns Dante about the political forces that are against him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Brunetto Latini appears in Inferno 15 among the sodomites in the seventh circle of Hell. Readers often notice the tenderness Dante exhibits toward his mentor and the affection Brunetto expresses for Dante.