ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is ‘Samson Agonistes’, in form, has no unity of time, place and action. Samson Agonistes is a tragic closet drama by John Milton.

Detailed explanation-2: -’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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tragedy. Samson is a tragedy that is really into the fact that it’s a tragedy. It even has a preface called “Of that sort of Dramatic Poem which is call’d Tragedy” just to make sure you’re 100% clear about the fact that it’s a tragedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -In case of Samson we find the same thing. Here in the “Samson Agonistes”, the Renaissance concept (character) is responsible for the tragic flaw of Samson. In the drama, Samson committed a wrong by marring a lady of opposite party. This marriage was his tragic flaw because he was urged not to marry her.

Detailed explanation-5: -The poetic style of John Milton, also known as Miltonic verse, Miltonic epic, or Miltonic blank verse, was a highly influential poetic structure popularized by Milton. Although Milton wrote earlier poetry, his influence is largely grounded in his later poems: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.