Samson Most of the Events Research Paper

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In fact, Milton opens the play with Samson in shackles. Milton's description is told more from Samson's point-of-view than the Biblical story. In the Bible, the description of the imprisonment is objective or told more from the Philistine perspective: "Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison," (Judges 16:21).

On the other hand, Milton makes it clear that Samson's imprisonment is one of psychological as well as physical torture: "The Dungeon of thy self; thy Soul / (Which Men enjoying sight oft without cause complain) / Imprison'd now indeed, / in real darkness of the body dwells, / Shut up from outward light," (lines 156-160).

Delilah features more prominently in Milton's story than in the Bible. Milton offers some closure for the audience familiar with the Biblical tale, which does not allow Samson to express his anger.

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In the Biblical account, the reader infers Delilah's betrayal; in Milton's story, her unethical actions are spelled out as the root cause for Samson's suffering. First, Samson cries, "I yielded, and unlock'd her all my heart," (line 407).

Later, Samson's anger is palpable when he tells Delilah he has a "sudden rage to tear thee joint by joint," (953).

Samson still emerges as the just, godlike hero that he does in the Bible. He delivers a noble statement to Delilah: "At distance I forgive thee, go with that," (line 954).

The Samson and Delilah story is enhanced in Milton's play, mainly by allowing Samson to express his anger at a woman who betrayed him......

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