ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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: -In the Vita Nuova, Dante told the story of his admiration for a Florentine woman named Beatrice. When seeing her for the first time at the age of nine, Dante fell in love, and he remained in love for the rest of his life. Years later, Beatrice died at the young age of twenty-four and Dante fell into a deep sadness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Beatrice was Dante’s true love. In his Vita Nova, Dante reveals that he saw Beatrice for the first time when his father took him to the Portinari house for a May Day party.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dante Alighieri first saw and fell in love with Beatrice Portinari when he was nine years old.

Detailed explanation-5: -The union was an unhappy one: Francesca fell in love with her husband’s younger brother, Paolo, and when Giovanni discovered their affair, he killed them both in a rage. Dante’s description of Paolo and Francesca’s tragic romance is the oldest surviving written account of their story.