ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

THE POETRY OF JOHN MILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In “Samson Agonistes, ” Samson’s father, Manoa, is trying to get Samson freed from imprisonment mainly so he can help Samson to ____
A
get revenge on his enemies
B
re-instated as a Judge
C
retire
D
convert
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The major themes in Samson Agonistes are Christian faith, violence, gender, and religion. Samson Agonistes shares the theme that imprisonment is not a place but instead a state of mind with Paradise Lost.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poor old dad. He watched his son go to prison, go blind, be betrayed by both his wives, and now, when he finally thinks he has a plan for how to bring Samson home, Samson refuses.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the end of the poem, Samson, through expiation and regeneration, has regained a state of spiritual readiness in order to serve again as God’s champion. The destruction of the Philistines at the temple of Dagon results in more deaths than the sum of all previous casualties inflicted by Samson.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Samson Agonistes’ is a dramatic poem or a drama written in blank verse, meaning presented like a play with dialogue for several characters but is written in a poetic style.

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