ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Wrathful or sullen in your earthly life? Full of anger or gloomy? Prepare yourself to spend your days here in the afterlife
A
Circle 5
B
Circle 4
C
Circle 7
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They are the Wrathful, those who were consumed with anger during their lives. Virgil alerts Dante to the presence of additional souls here, which remain invisible to him as they lie completely submerged in the Styx-these are the Sullen, those who muttered and sulked under the light of the sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the fifth circle of hell, the wrathful and the sullen suffer in the Styx river. In the river are the angry sinners, all naked and muddy, hitting each other with fury. While the sullen are submerged in the muck. The only sign of life, are the bubbles rising to the surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -INFERNO I. I found that I was in a gloomy wood, because the path which led aright was lost.

Detailed explanation-4: -I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

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