FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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pagans
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lustful
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opportunists
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because sinners in the Second Circle are guilty of the incontinent sin of lust, they’re doomed to be caught up in and whipped around for eternity in the cyclones of wind.
Detailed explanation-2: -While living together, Paolo and Francesca fell in love. Unfortunately, the brother discovered their affair and killed the two lovers, condemning his brother and his wife to an eternity in Hell.
Detailed explanation-3: -Souls who were violent toward others are condemned to be submerged in boiling blood. People who hurt themselves are pecked at by bird-women called harpies or attacked by dogs. Those who committed violent acts against God writhe in burning sand and burning rain.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Fourth Circle, sinners are punished by being forced to fight each other for eternity by rolling enormous weights toward one another.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dante sees Paolo and Francesca and calls them to him in the name of love-a mild conjuration at Virgil’s insistence. Francesca tells their story; Paolo can only weep. Francesca da Rimini was the wife of Gianciotto, the deformed older brother of Paolo, who was a beautiful youth.