ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which rhetorical figure does Dante make extensive use of in Paradise?
A
similitude
B
oxymoron
C
analogy
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante depicts his character, Dante the pilgrim, as an everyman, journeying through the wood and losing his way as a metaphor for humans falling away from God. As Dante the pilgrim journeys through Hell, he goes lower and lower into the earth, metaphorically becoming further from the warmth and light of God.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, Geryon, the monster that carries Dante and Virgil from Circle Seven to Circle Eight, is an allegorical embodiment of fraud, the sin of the Eighth Circle. Geryon has the face of a man, the body of a beast, and the stinging tail like a scorpion. Think about any time you were ever the victim of fraud.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Inferno, Dante uses the allegory of his own journey through Hell to reflect the spiritual journey that leads to better understanding and acceptance of one’s own situation in life.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dante’s Inferno is an allegory or a poem or story with a hidden meaning that is usually religious or political to convey a tale of a soul’s journey through sin to salvation. In the poem, Dante and his guide Virgil travel through the nine levels of Hell in order to make it to paradise.

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