ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which qualities do the fixed stars in paradise represent?
A
Faith, hope, and love
B
Faith, wisdom, and love
C
Love, compassion, and pride
D
Justice, temperance, and faith
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Eighth Sphere (The Fixed Stars: Faith, Hope, and Love)

Detailed explanation-2: -We are in the heaven of the fixed stars, which the pilgrim entered at verse 111 of Paradiso 22, and now Dante will be examined on the three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Heaven of the Fixed Stars is one of the most extended episodes of the Commedia. Dante ascends with Beatrice into the Heaven of the Fixed Stars at the end of Paradiso XXII, where he is conjoined with the constellation of Gemini, under the influence of which he was born.

Detailed explanation-4: -Q: What is meant by the nine circles of heaven? In Dante’s paradise, the nine circles of heaven are an allegory for the angelic hierarchy using the planets of our solar system as names including, in order, “the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, and the Primum Mobile.”

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