Milton's Poem's

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This paper explains how Milton brings us two examples of how our relationships with God should be through the characters of Christ and Samson in his poems, "Paradise Regained" and "Samson Agonistes."

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"Being spiritually dead is something Samson associates with a tremendous amount of guilt. However, guilt can be seen as the first step to reconciliation with God. While this may be true, Samson moves slowly through this phase of guilt, described as a man "past hope, abandoned,/And by himself given over/In slavish habit" (120-1). Samson himself admits that he has learned from his past experiences that friends can be "counterfeit" (189). He is also aware that he has "divulged the secret gift of God/To a deceitful woman" (201-2). His also aware that he married the "daughter of an infidel" (221). In addition, he recognizes that his second wife Dalila was a "specious monster" (230). These statements emphasize Samson's remorse. "

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