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Comparison Between "Samson Agonistes" and "Paradise Lost", 2002.
Compares two of John Milton's most distinguished novels "Samson Agonistes" and "Paradise Lost".
4,544 words (approx. 18.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
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This paper compares the differences between the character of Samson in "Samson Agonistes" and Adam in "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. The comparison is based on pride, blindness, love, maturity and worldly understanding. The paper also highlights the specific text from each of the novels.
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"None of the English writers of the past have had more intrinsic alliance with the chronicle of their era then John Milton. Although some of his most eminent works have fallen into political controversy, but it is these works produced by him which not only throw light upon the coexisting events of his age but upon the present age as well. During his lifetime Milton had deep liking for prose writing. Most of his writings can be categorized under the heading of religion, Episcopacy, education, divorce, freedom of press and on the existing monarchy system of his time. Milton?s work was greatly influenced by Homer, Ovid, Virgil and Shakespeare. His most distinguished works are considered to be Samson Agonistes and Paradise Lost, published in 1761."
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"Samson Agonistes", 2002.
A review of the theme and content in John Milton's epic poem, "Samson Agonistes".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This five-page undergraduate research paper examines John Milton's epic poem, Samson Agonistes, and discusses how his fallen state renders Samson spiritually challenged and compels him to embark upon a spiritual journey, which will prove to be a difficult test of both his faith and spiritual strength.
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John Milton: Radical Feminist, 2003.
An analysis of John Milton's portrayal of women in "Paradise Lost", "Comus", and "Samson Agonistes".
4,261 words (approx. 17.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 113.95
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The paper analyzes the ways in which Milton's life is reflected in his creation of the female protagonists of the three works, "Paradise Lost", "Samson Agonistes", and "Comus". It examines how, just as Milton struggled to achieve success while being held back by rules, women struggled to gain independence and respect while restricted by societal beliefs that they are inferior to men. It looks at how, realizing the relation between his and the women?s position, the clever author wrote "Comus", "Paradise Lost", and "Samson Agonistes", creating a female protagonist in each work who rebels against societal rules a little bit more than the last in order to gain her independence.
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"Ironically, Milton finds himself in a similar situation as Alice?s. While society believes Milton capable of protecting himself because of his masculinity, his audiences fear that he will become too radical in his writing and disgrace the standards of famous literature. In a sense, Milton?s profession makes him a commodity just like Alice?s sex. When looking at Alice?s situation from the brothers? side, it becomes evident to the reader that their concern that Alice will ruin their societal status, as well as her chances of finding a suitable husband, reflect the literary audience?s fear that Milton?s radical ideas will disgrace literature, as well as destroy Milton?s chance of becoming a famous and renowned writer."
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John Milton, 2004.
This paper discusses John Milton?s attitude on women and divorce in ?Samson Agonistes? and ?The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce?.
790 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper explains that, for John Milton, divorce is essential for men because it will give them freedom to seek better opportunities in life than being in a marriage with women they do not love or who do not love them back. The author points out that Milton posits that women are the ?catalysts? towards the fall of men. The paper relates that Milton?s premise, relying on divorce to liberate men from women, is illustrated in ?Samson Agonistes?, wherein Samson expresses his hatred of women in general, primarily due to Dalila?s (Delilah) treacherous act against Samson, cutting off his hair, which gives him strength.
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"A similar argument is presented in The Doctrine, where once again, Milton expresses his prejudice against women, particularly among wives, whom he describes as ?sanctify'd by the husband; that is, made pure and lawfull to his use? (Chapter VIII). Women subjugation is one of the texts main points, mainly because the author sees men as more morally correct than women; therefore, one of the objectives of marital union is to make women useful and morally acceptable, not only for men, but for society as well. These texts set out to prove one thing, in general: for Milton, women is a sector that must be controlled by men, because to do otherwise would mean creating conflict and imbalance in power in the society, for women are known to possess the power, or ?inward gift? of ?Sex?."
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Milton's Poem's, 2005.
A comparison and contrast of Christ in ?Paradise Regained? and Samson in ?Samson Agonistes?.
2,139 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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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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Parallel's between Samson and Jesus Christ, 2002.
The paper analyzes the comparisons and differences between Old Testament strongman Samson and Jesus Christ of the New Testament.
1,875 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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The paper discusses seven similar aspects of, and events in the lives of Samson and Jesus based on the Biblical texts that tell their stories. The paper mentions similarities such as-- their births were both announced to their mothers by Angels, both were betrayed, Samson by his wife Delilah and Jesus by the Apostles and both died with arms outstretched. It also points out the differences between the two men, such as: Samson had a weakness whereas Jesus had none, Samson was a mere mortal while Jesus was both man and God at the same time.
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"Samson was thrice strongly entreated by Delilah to reveal the secret of his awesome strength, but he yielded to her wiles the fourth time. Jesus Christ, on the other hand, was also tempted three times and powerfully by the devil himself in different manners, but did not yield, because He had no weakness. Samson acknowledged that his fall brought much dishonor to God and scandal to Israel. But Christ's death and resurrection fulfilled God's plan for mankind, brought infinite honor to God His Father and salvation to those who would choose to be redeemed in Jesus Christ. Samson also acknowledged the pride, vanity and pettiness with which he used the privilege God gave him."
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Samson and Hercules, 2002.
A comparison of these heroes - Samson from the Bible and Hercules from Greek mythology.
3,104 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This research compares and contrasts the mythic figures Hercules, from Greek mythology, and Samson, from the Hebrew Bible. It shows how the narrative lines of Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) and Samson are strikingly similar. Both are heroes of their respective cultures, both are distinguished chiefly by their great physical strength and both are decisively flawed as human beings, superhuman as they are. The paper examines how these flaws figure prominently into their individual experience, but their behavior and growth over the period of their lives are implicated in the culture of which they are each representative.
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"There appears to have been rough equivalence in the time period that the stories of Samson and Hercules first emerged. The Samson narrative, which takes up four chapters of Judges (13-16), focuses on the exceptionalism of Samson within the community of the people of Israel in the period between the death of Joshua, Moses's legatee, and the onset of the so-called historical period of Israel, which includes the reigns of Saul and David (Hartman, et al. 215), the division of Israel into north and south kingdoms in Palestine, the Babylonian captivity, and the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC. The time of the Samson story is positioned at about 1200 BC; the Trojan War is positioned at 1193-1184 (Hartman, et al. 23-4), and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey have been dated at 850 BC at the latest ("Homer" 425-6). Given the flowering of Aegean and Mycenaean civilization after 1500 BC, the Hercules story, which is cited by Homer (Rose 210), doubtless predates that of Samson. This does not mean that the Samson story is derived from that of Hercules; however, the correspondence between the heroic narratives of Greek myth and Hebrew tradition is difficult to ignore."
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Hercules and Samson, 2000.
A comparisom of the mythological Hercules and biblical Samson as tragic heroes.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 9 sources, $ 87.95
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"This research will compare and contrast the mythic figures Hercules, from Greek mythology, and Samson, from the Hebrew Bible. The research will discuss how each can be interpreted in terms of heroic tragedy. The narrative lines of Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) and Samson are strikingly similar. Both are heroes of their respective cultures, both are distinguished chiefly by their great physical strength, and both are flawed as human beings, superhuman as they are. The flaws figure prominently into their individual experience, but their behavior and growth over the period of their lives are implicated in the culture of which they are each representative.
There appears to have been rough equivalence in the time period that the stories of Samson and Hercules first emerged. The Samson narrative, which takes up four chapters of Judges (13-16), focus..."
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Samson: The Epic Tradition, 1991.
This paper examines the story of the Old Testament character Samson from Judges 13-16 as an example of epic form, characterization and technique.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 39.95
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"This paper analyzes the epic form and technique as found in "The Story of Samson" from Judges 13-16. In many ways, Samson fits the pattern of the epic hero, who was featured in the many epics generated by the peoples of the Mediterranean world. How this is so will be developed and demonstrated in this study.
The epic genre consists of two basic types: folk and literary. The folk epic has no known single author and comes down through the oral tradition of a particular group of people. Various professional bards relate or sing the legend of a great epic protagonist. The Babylonian folk epic Gilgamesh or the ancient Greek Odyssey are appropriate examples of this type of. artistic endeavor. Although Homer may have been a single author, of a great some scholars believe that it is entirely possible ... "
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Samson Raphael Hirsch & Nachman Krochmal, 1996.
Examines ideas of two 19th Cent. Jewish intellectuals & relates them to political & spiritual development of state of Israel.
5,400 words (approx. 21.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 135.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the work of Samson Raphael Hirsch and Nachman Krochmal with reference to the political realities of the State of Israel. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the views of Hirsch and Krochmal emerged vis-a-vis the concept of a Jewish state, and then to discuss nationhood, culture, and human experience that mark that concept and provide relevance for their views in the modern period.
To discuss Hirsch and Krochmal with regard to a modern Israel is to note that their intellectual work must be regarded as foundational. Much that is now presumed to be philosophically sound and generally accepted by Jewish tradition regarding the rationale for a Jewish homeland was by and large unthinkable in the early 19th century, when they were elaborating their views of...:"
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Samson, 1999.
Analyzes this Biblical character as a hero and tragic figure, his character and virtue, sexuality, literary interpretations and his relationship with Delilah compared to "Romeo & Juliet".
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, $ 95.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the Biblical hero Samson as a tragic figure. The plan of the research will be to set forth the narrative and cultural context for considering Samson in terms of tragedy and then to discuss the manner in which the establishment of Samson's heroic identity and of the interplay between that identity and the Samson-Delilah love story in the biblical narrative contributes to the view that Samson is best interpreted as a tragic figure. In this regard, comparisons will be made between the biblical narrative in Judges 13-16 and other stories of heroes and great loves in the Bible and other sources.
The fact that Samson is intended as a character of heroic proportions is established in the first part of Judges (13:5), when the angel explains to Manoah's wife that she will bear a son who ..."
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Judges 14-16, 2002.
A narrative character analysis of Samson by using Biblical sources.
951 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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A deep character analysis of Samson which explores the mutual relationship between lust, love and self-control. It properly observes ascending order of importance; placing emphasis on self-destruction. Examines Samson character in a historical and biblical context.
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"A strong yet very weak man, Samson displays a physical greatness and a lack of self-control. Samson?s awesome physical strength is powered by God, while his self-control can only be powered by himself. His lack of self-control allows him to be led by lust and motivated by hopes of power and revenge. Samson demonstrates how self-absorption can lead to the downfall and demise of a person, a marriage, a country, and a covenant with God."
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Early American History, 2004.
A comparative analysis of Samson Occom, William Bradford and Mary Rowlandson's accounts of Indian life.
845 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper presents an overview of early American history, through a comparison of the works of Samson Occom, William Bradford and Mary Rowlandson. The paper contends that Occom's perspective in narrating Indian life during the early history of America is pragmatic, while Bradford's borders between being pragmatic and practical and Rowlandson's opinion, as an Indian captive, presented a radical view of Indian life as full of violence and savagery.
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"Samson Occom, a member of the Mohegan tribe (that is of Native American descent), depicted the life of a 'converted' Indian living in the midst of a conflict between the British and Indian peoples. In "A Short Narrative of my Life," Occom relates to his readers the difficulties he faced preaching for Christianity, while at the same time, maintaining his loyalty for the native Indians. Under the guidance of Eleazar Wheelock, Occom served as the symbol of conversion for the Indian peoples. As a convert, he related through his narratives the difficulties that he faces as an individual subject to criticism by his fellow Indians. In the "Narrative," Occom magnifies his role as the "Ear, Eye, & Hand, as well as Mouth" to the Indians, whom he wanted to be converted and share with him the "grace" that Christianity had given him. "
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Article Analysis: Information Technology, 2006.
A review of the requirements of article analysis and a review of the article 'Moving Beyond Tacit and Explicit: Four Dimensions of Knowledge' by R. Mitch Casselman and Danny Samson.
1,781 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper begins with a discussion of what is necessary to accurately analyze an article. The paper then takes a look at 'Moving Beyond Tacit and Explicit: Four Dimensions of Knowledge' by R. Mitch Casselman and Danny Samson, analyzing it according to the discussed analysis requirements.
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Introduction
Problem Addressed/Stated Purpose
Prior Research/Literature Review
Methodology
Contributions and Future Research
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"To say that tacit and explicit knowledge is a new concept would be in an error in informational presentation best fit report writing practice. Along the same lines, a literature review is a means by which Casselman and Samson might have shown a connection between the sources being reviewed and their own investigation. Pointing out any connections between previous studies and their study would have strengthened the credibility of their investigation. Again, this was not the case as no connection was made between the problem they presented and the evidence garnered by other investigations. In other words, a review of past works did not support the significance of their work as no connection was brought about between the two. The authors of the manuscript under review should have synthesized previous research in order to lay the foundation for understanding their research, as well as appreciating its value."
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Creative Analysis, 2004.
An overview of Upton and Samson's "Model of Creativity and Problem Solving".
951 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 33.95
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Creative analysis is a technique of education that is used by most SAT prep courses and many "think yourself smart" programs. This paper is an evaluation of the handbook of creative analysis.
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"Albert Upton began to research the problem solving function of language in the 1930s. This lead to the creation first of the book Design for Thinking and later to the book Creative Analysis, with Richard Samson, in 1961. In Creative Analysis, Upton and Samson?s main contention with the both the study of English language and literature and the study of creativity is that there is a lack of materials examining language use as a problem solving vehicle. This lack of resources continues to this day, with few books on the concept save those of Upton and Samson."
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