Penitence and Restoration of Samson Through the Lens of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes

Authors

  • Kamalakar Baburao Gaikwad Head & Assistant Professor Department of English Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandir’s Arts, Science & Commerce College, Surgana, District-Nashik.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2024.2.11.515

Keywords:

Social isolation, predicament, dehumanization, penitence, restoration, treachery, struggle.

Abstract

 

‘Samson Agonistes’, a Miltonic drama is the record of violation of religious obligations carried out by the devout leader Samson Agonistes. The violation of God’s commandments and its brutal consequences leads towards the glorification of spiritual intimidation which causes the death of the protagonist Samson. Milton portrays Samson’s destructive abuses on the verge of his bereavement. This struggle of Samson is rightly described as ‘deathlike distinctiveness’. It is the internal dilemma of Samson to deal with the situation and he wishes to decode his awareness about the blunder which he had committed. The major objective of this research paper is to emphasize the manifestation of spiritual capacity of Samson and his violation of religious obligations through John Milton’s Samson Agonistes. The researcher has attempted to portray the penitence and restoration of wrecked hero, Samson who was endowed with enormous vigour and a competent warrior. We can visualize that God; the almighty raised Samson, an inferior Jewish associate and made him a redeemer of Israelites. Finally this broken and repentance spirited fighter meet to the tragic death which resulted into the liberty of Israelites.

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Web References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton

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Published

2024-02-25

How to Cite

Kamalakar Baburao Gaikwad , translator. “Penitence and Restoration of Samson Through the Lens of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes”. Creative Saplings, vol. 3, no. 02, Feb. 2024, pp. 29-40, https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2024.2.11.515.

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