FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Cato
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Beatrice
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Virgil
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Homer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beatrice. One of the blessed in Heaven, Beatrice aids Dante’s journey by asking an angel to find Virgil and bid him guide Dante through Hell. Like Dante and Virgil, Beatrice corresponds to a historical personage.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the shores of Purgatory, Dante and Virgil meet Cato, a pagan who was placed by God as the general guardian of the approach to the mountain (his symbolic significance has been much debated).
Detailed explanation-3: -Metaphorically speaking, Beatrice is a mirror upon which divine love is reflected and, consequently, serves as the pilgrim’s bridge to salvation. She is a powerful character and a woman of action who descends into hell to call upon Virgil for his help and to instruct him to lead the pilgrim on an otherworldly journey.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante is guided by the Roman poet Virgil, who represents the epitome of human knowledge, from the dark wood through the descending circles of the pit of Hell (Inferno). Passing Lucifer at the pit’s bottom, at the dead centre of the world, Dante and Virgil emerge on the beach of the island mountain of Purgatory.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dante meets Beatrice at Ponte Santa Trinità, by Henry Holiday, 1883. This iconic painting by Henry Holiday depicts the fatal moment in which Dante meets his beloved Beatrice on the banks of the Arno in Florence near the Ponte Vecchio.