Near the end of this work, the semichorus compares the protagonist's "fiery virtue" to an "ev'ning Dragon" that "rang'd of tame villatic Fowl, but as an Eagle" and the "self-begott'n bird in the Arabian woods embost." At its opening, the title character proclaims "to live a life half dead [is] a living death," and that the sky is "irrevocably dark, total eclipse, without all hope of day!" This work is set on a Festival Day, during which the title
Near the end of this work, the semichorus compares the protagonist's "fiery virtue" to an "ev'ning Dragon" that "rang'd of tame villatic Fowl, but as an Eagle" and the "self-begott'n bird in the Arabian woods embost." At its opening, the title character proclaims "to live a life half dead [is] a living death," and that the sky is "irrevocably dark, total eclipse, without all hope of day!" This work is set on a Festival Day, during which the title character is imprisoned. After the Catastrophe, the chorus proclaims that "peace and consolation hath dismist, and calm of mind all passion spent." Much of the work is framed as a dialogue with the giant Harapha, whom the protagonist accuses of worshipping Dagon, citing "my trust in the living God who gave me at my Nativity his strength." This work is a retelling of an incident from the Book of Judges that follows the Aristotelian Unities. FTP, name this closet drama about a man "eyeless in Gaza," which was written by John Milton.
Near the end of this work, the semichorus compares the protagonist's "fiery virtue" to an "ev'ning Dragon" that "rang'd of tame villatic Fowl, but as an Eagle" and the "self-begott'n bird in the Arabian woods embost."
Samson Agonistes