FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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A character who appears in the lust circle of hell
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A character who appears in the ninth circle of hell
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The example Dante uses to show a perfect Christian man
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An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory
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Detailed explanation-1: -In these opening scenes, Dante the pilgrim arrives in ante-Purgatory and meets the shade of Marcus Cato of Utica (95–46 BCE), the historical Roman statesman who guards the seven terraces of Purgatory from the shores of the mountain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cato was described by Dante in the Monarchia as being ‘the most stern guardian of liberty’, whose suicide was a ‘sacrifice’, made ‘in order to set the world afire with love of freedom’ (2, v, 15).
Detailed explanation-3: -In Purgatorio, Dante casts Cato as the guardian of the entrance to Purgatory, suggesting that, as a non-Christian, Cato wasn’t held accountable to Christian beliefs against suicide. Cato urges loitering souls to get on with their purgatorial journey.
Detailed explanation-4: -La Pia is a noblewoman whom Dante meets on the lower terraces of Purgatory; she was murdered by her husband and had no chance to repent of her sins before death.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dante is guided by the Roman poet Virgil, who represents the epitome of human knowledge, from the dark wood through the descending circles of the pit of Hell (Inferno). Passing Lucifer at the pit’s bottom, at the dead centre of the world, Dante and Virgil emerge on the beach of the island mountain of Purgatory.