Which sentence best explains dantes intended use of symbolism in this passage?

"Here i saw more shades than i saw above, on one side and the other, with piercing howls, rolling weights shoved forward with their chests."

a - The howls reflect the animalistic nature of sinners who hoard wealth obsessively

b - The weights represent the excuessive weakth that burdened the sinners in life

c - The sinners are forced to push large objects along with their chests as punishment

d - The metaphors are able to make abstract ideas, like sin, more concrete.

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Zoe Gomez

22 September, 20:58

Which sentence best explains dantes intended use of symbolism in this passage?

"Here i saw more shades than i saw above, on one side and the other, with piercing howls, rolling weights shoved forward with their chests."

a - The howls reflect the animalistic nature of sinners who hoard wealth obsessively

b - The weights represent the excuessive weakth that burdened the sinners in life

c - The sinners are forced to push large objects along with their chests as punishment

d - The metaphors are able to make abstract ideas, like sin, more concrete.

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Cameron Lin · Answer 1

This excerpt is taken from "Dante's Inferno" and Dante's purposeful use of symbolism in the given passage above tells us that the howls is considered as the sinners' animalistic nature and they had hoarded wealth obsessively when they were still alive. The answer would be option A.

Daphne Pena · Answer 2

The weights represent the excuessive weakth that burdened the sinners in life