1. Presentation to the qualification work
The Bible motives in John Milton`s drama “Samson-Agonistes”

2. JOHN MILTON ( )
John Milton – is a famous English writer and fighter for freedom. The peak of creativity of the writer came to that time when the person perfectly understood, what not god, but the person is the main thing. John Milton put the most important problems of democracy, church, education, freedom of press, toleration etc.

3. In the late poems he was the representative of Puritan ideals, told about the world beginning, about fight of god and a Satan, about exile from paradise of the first people, again recreating, thus, bible legends, transforming them according to Renaissance representations.

4. The career of Milton comes to the end with the drama poem "Samson Agonistes" in which the appeal to action and revenge sounded again. The hero of the poem - the bible hero Samson who betrayed by the wife Dalila and has appeared in captivity at the Philistines. Blinded by enemies, lonely, in a camp of foes, unarmed, Samson is not broken and enters deadly fight with the opponent. The price of the life he is ready to approach a victory of the people over oppressors. In image of Samson who is rising, "to tame masters of the earth and to overthrow an arbitrariness yoke", the unrestrained spirit and Milton fighter's energy, his hatred to the Restoration mode were embodied.

5. The famous legend of Samson
Samson — the antiquated Judge-hero who has become famous for the feats in fight with the Philistines. The most known legend of Samson is fight against Philistenes and the subsequent betraying of his beloved wife. She was sent to find out in what a secret of strength of Samson and deprived of it hair, having cut off them. Samson was concealed in captivity a lot of time while hair again not branches, having brought it force.

6. With the help the bible motives about Samson John Milton wants to transfer the idea about reality. Milton's last poem - "Samson Agonistes" - showed that the active revolutionary didn't die in him. It was promoted also by political fermentation in England (from 70th of the XVIII century) which Milton
couldn't but notice. The main idea of this poem of Milton - punishment, payment for the endured oppression. Retelling a bible legend of Samson, Milton symbolizes in it the broken Puritanism, to much learned during reaction and restored the forces. If in connection with failure of Puritan revolution Milton believed in need of moral regeneration, now he nevertheless was convinced that without revolutionary violence any victory of a new system is impossible. Samson, winning against power of reason against the passions, having internally regenerated, actively fights against reaction - the Philistines - and reaches a victory only thanks to violence. In Milton the belief in forces of the young bourgeoisie revived again - he saw its progress, but he knew that won't live up to a final celebration of its business: Samson - in him is autobiographical lines - perishes at the same time with the enemies. Milton soon died, all forgotten and all alone.

7. “Samson-Agonistes” – other new tragedy which have no analogue in literature
Milton conceived and wrote absolutely other tragedy which analogs in English literature of that time weren't. It intended not for a scene, but as there is no time Seneca's plays, for reading. But, certainly, not Seneca and not the Latin drama served Milton as a sample for imitation, but the Ancient Greek theater so well familiar to the poet still since youth.

8. It is obvious that Milton comprehended antique tradition, in many respects relying on the principles of poetics of classicism of the XVII century. "Samson-voitel", - perhaps, the work of the poet closest to classicism.
. In the tragedy all three unities (places, time are observed and action), the chorus narrating about the past of the hero is entered into it, making comments on events occurring on a scene and helping Samson to understand itself, and also the messenger telling about death of the hero which occurs offstage.
All composition of the tragedy is very strictly thought over and doesn't allow anything superfluous.

9. The play as researchers noticed, easily shares on five acts:
First act: Samson and chorus.
Second act: Samson and Mana.
Third act: Samson and Dalila.
Fourth act: Samson and Garafa.
Fifth act: Samson and the Philistines.
However, unlike ancient theater, in Milton's play the relentless destiny which is equally punishing and right and guilty, but the Foresight, the antiquated God showing in the history of the people chosen by Him and therefore externally rigid classic "Samson's" form unexpectedly contains in itself close baroque mood of crisis, a break which is overcome only at the very end of the play works not. Milton and breaks now habitual limits of styles, alloying together antique and bible, baroque and classic and subordinating this the brightly individual vision of the world and art.

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