ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Dante go to the afterlife?
A
He was bored
B
Because he did very bad things in his life
C
To try your luck
D
To seek the happiness of earthly and eternal life
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As Dante explains in Convivio IV, iv, the end of human existence is happiness, and no human being could reach this end without the help and support of others.

Detailed explanation-2: -After banishment from his hometown Florence, Italy due to the political group “the Black-Guelphs” taking over, Dante is forced to partake on a horrendous journey through Hell. It is the only way he can reach his ultimate goal of eternal unity with God.

Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the Inferno, there is a tension between the earthly world we inhabit while living and the next world we inhabit in the afterlife. Dante is remarkable to so many spirits of the underworld because he is able to transgress this boundary and journey through hell as a living, earthly soul.

Detailed explanation-4: -The whole cosmos, according to Dante, ultimately depends on God who, as the ground of all being, exists beyond space and time in the Empyrean. The Empyrean is an immaterial heaven, made up only of the love and metaphysical light which God is. It is in the Empyrean that the angels and the blessed also dwell.

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