FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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the wife
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the angelic woman
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the daughter
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his queen
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beatrice was the daughter of the banker Folco Portinari and was married to another banker, Simone dei Bardi. Dante claims to have met a “Beatrice” only twice, on occasions separated by nine years, but was so affected by the meetings that he carried his love for her throughout his life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beatrice replaces Virgil as Dante’s guide in the poem, and the poet makes clear that Beatrice represents not only a flesh and blood woman who Dante loved. As the woman who Dante loved in real life, she also represents the splendor of Christian revelation itself.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beatrice in the Purgatorio One way of seeing Beatrice is as being similar to Christ. (In the Vita Nuova, there were a number of references which associated her with Christ.) The Bible stated that Christ would come at the end of time to judge humanity; Beatrice appears to be judging Dante-personaggio.