FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
THE POETRY OF JOHN MILTON
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he wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.
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he wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.
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he wants to encourage Samson.
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he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Harapha, all proud and strong and unimpaired, is kind of like what Samson used to be. He represents Samson’s past. In fact, we could go even a bit further and think about Harapha as a version of Samson and their encounter as a confrontation between Samson and himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samson loses his strength and he is captured by the Philistines, who blind him by gouging out his eyes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samson was called by the Lord to help free the Israelites from the Philistines. Samson’s mission would require physical strength. The Lord made a covenant with Samson that as long as he obeyed the Lord, he would be physically strong. Samson’s long hair (see Judges 13:5) was a sign of this covenant.
Detailed explanation-4: -His immense physical strength, which he used for 20 years against the Philistines, derived from his uncut hair.