ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JOHN MILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the meaning of Milton’s work  Samson Agonistes?
A
Theist
B
Atheist
C
Antagonist
D
Wrestler
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Himself blind when he wrote Samson Agonistes, Milton depicts Samson, the once-mighty warrior, as blinded and a prisoner of the Philistines (“eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves”). Samson conquers self-pity and despair, however, and is granted a return of his old strength.

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