In John MiltonÃÂs, Samson Agonistes, Samson can be viewed easily as an imperfect and negative protagonist because of the mistake he made. He referred to it as ÃÂShameful garrulityÃÂ a blabÃÂ to telling, his wife, Delilah, the secret of his strength. He was told not to tell anyone by God through an angel ÃÂWas it for this the angel twice descended?ÃÂ, and also tells SamsonÃÂs mother and father that Samson was going to be this amazing and great person but Manoa and Samson donÃÂt understand why Samson is going to be lost. Samson in a moment of drunkenness tells Delilah his secret. She in turn tells the Philistines, his enemies, and they take him prisoner. As he contemplates his position as prisoner, he fails, along with his father, Manoa, to understand the messages from the messenger, who tries to inform Samson and his parents to understand future events that will take place in SamsonÃÂs life.
Even the comforts he receives from the Chorus composed of members of Samson's tribe of Dan, who come to visit him, donÃÂt insight Samson positively (Hughes 532).
If Samson Agonistes is compared to AristotleÃÂs point of view of what a tragedy which are a literary and particularly a dramatic presentation of series actions in which the central figure has a disastrous outcome, then many similarities can be found. There are many different kinds and theories of tragedy, starting with the Greeks and AristotleÃÂs definition in The Poetics, "the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself...with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotionsÃÂ (Atherton 3 ). According to Aristotle, these plays had to have coordinating Classical unities which followed a pattern of having three concepts: 1.) Time: entire play takes place...