ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who will be Dante’s guide to the top of the hill of salvation through Hell and Purgatory?
A
BEATRICE
B
HOMER
C
ULYSSES
D
VIRGILIO
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He has two guides: Virgil, who leads him through the Inferno and Purgatorio, and Beatrice, who introduces him to Paradiso.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Inferno describes Dante’s journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paradiso (Italian: [paraˈdiːzo]; Italian for “Paradise” or “Heaven") is the third and final part of Dante’s Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. It is an allegory telling of Dante’s journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology.

Detailed explanation-5: -He tells the pilgrim that he has been sent by Beatrice, a lady whose “eyes shone brighter than the stars” [2] to guide him through the eternal place where the damned “bewail their second death” [3] and later, up the mountain where penitent souls purge themselves of vice.

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