FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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So the common people could read it
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Because he didn’t know how to write in any other language
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Someone else wrote it for him
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He thought that language made it sound better
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Detailed explanation-1: -In order to reach a wider audience, Dante chose to write the Divine Comedy in vernacular Italian instead of Latin (his overthrow of Latin preceded Geoffrey Chaucer’s by 80 years).
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s masterwork is a 3 volume work written in Italian rather than Latin. It embraces human individuality and happiness in a way which suggests the beginning of the Renaissance.
Detailed explanation-3: -For Dante as poet, language is the medium in which his art is expressed; for Dante as philosopher, language is itself an object of study. Dante was a master of his art, which implies he had a theoretical knowledge of it; he also had a practical understanding of human nature, character, and the emotions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language.