FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Francesca
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Judas
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Ciacco
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Alberigo
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Detailed explanation-1: -Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta.
Detailed explanation-2: -Francesca was the aunt of Guido Novello da Polenta, Dante’s host in Ravenna during the last years of the poet’s life (1318-21). She was married (c. 1275) for political reasons to Gianciotto of the powerful Malatesta family, rulers of Rimini.
Detailed explanation-3: -Francesca is passionate, certainly capable of sin, and certainly guilty of sin, but she represents the woman whose only concern is for the man she loves, not her immortal soul. She found her only happiness, and now her misery, in Paolo’s love. Her love was her heaven; it is now her hell.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -Francesca blames the book for her sin, calling it a Gallehault (the character in Arthurian legend who encourages Lancelot in his forbidden affair with Guinevere). As Francesca concludes her story, her soul mate Paolo bawls his eyes out.