FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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the mother of Emperor Frederick II
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the sister of a friend of Dante
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the queen of Italy
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Along with Virgil, these “three blessed women"–Mary, Lucia, Beatrice–thus make possible Dante’s journey to the realms of the afterlife.
Detailed explanation-2: -Virgil says that their path will take them through Hell and that they will eventually reach Heaven, where Dante’s beloved Beatrice awaits. He adds that it was Beatrice, along with two other holy women, who, seeing Dante lost in the wood, sent Virgil to guide him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Purgatorio Canto XXIX:1-36. By uncovering her nakedness, physically and spiritually, Eve sinned, and the sons of Adam inherited her guilt, and were denied the Earthly Paradise, without prior purgation and redemption. Paradiso Canto XXXII:1-36. She is at the feet of the Virgin in Heaven.