FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cangrande della Scala
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Jacob of Polenta
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Justinian
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beatrice, the woman to whom the great Italian poet Dante dedicated most of his poetry and almost all of his life, from his first sight of her at the age of nine (“from that time forward, Love quite governed my soul”) through his glorification of her in La divina commedia, completed 40 years later, to his death in 1321.
Detailed explanation-2: -Paradise, according to Dante, is the heavenly abode of God, the angels and the blessed. As presented in the Paradiso, Dante’s idea of Paradise is tied to his understanding of the cosmos.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first three spheres (which fall within the shadow of the Earth) are associated with deficient forms of Fortitude, Justice, and Temperance. The next four are associated with positive examples of Prudence, Fortitude, Justice, and Temperance; while Faith, Hope, and Love appear together in the eighth sphere.
Detailed explanation-4: -He has two guides: Virgil, who leads him through the Inferno and Purgatorio, and Beatrice, who introduces him to Paradiso.