ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where do the opportunists and non-committed spend their eternity?
A
Vestibule of Hell
B
Circle One
C
Circle Two
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“THE VESTIBULE: This Is The First Part Of Hell That You Come Across In Dante’s Inferno. It Is Reserved For The Indecisive. The Souls Here In The Vestibule Were Called “Opportunists” Who In Life Were Only For Themselves, And Were Neither Good Nor Bad.

Detailed explanation-2: -The primary punishment is being sent for eternity to this vestibule of Hell and chasing a meaningless banner. As a punishment within this punishment Dante has devised the idea of non-recognition.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the vestibule of Hell, Dante come across the opportunists. They race round and round chasing a waving banner while constantly being stung with wasps and hornets that causes a constant flow of blood on the sinners’ bodies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dante and Virgil enter Hell proper, the second circle, where monster, Minos, sits in judgment of all of the damned, and sends them to the proper circle according to their sin. Here, Dante meets Paolo and Francesca, the two unfaithful lovers buffeted about in a windy storm.

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