Christian Heroism in Samson Agonistes

active virtues Adam Aeschylus Areopagitica Aristotle attain attempted Boccaccio Christ Christian heroism Church Government classical form classical hero Classical Tradition concept of Christian contemplative virtues contemptu Dalila depict didactic Divine doctrine E. M. W. Tillyard Elizabethan Tragedy English Epic English Studies epic form Euripides Everyman exemplary exemplified Faerie Queene faith Farnham finally fortitude Fortune glory Greek hero Greek tragedy Greek tragic hero hath Hercules hero's heroic action heroic virtue Highet Hughes human imitate Jerusalem Delivered John Milton Krouse Kurth London Lost and Paradise magnanimous Manoa Merritt Milton was able Milton's hero Milton's Samson misery moral choice morality plays Notes and Queries Paradise Lost Paradise Regained passion perfect Christian hero poem portray pride Professor Tillyard protagonist Reason of Church regeneration rejects repentance rewards Riley Parker Samson Agonistes Milton Satan Sophocles spirit strength suffering Tasso temptation theories traditional epic Trinity Manuscript typical Christian hero University Press victory virtuous warfaring Christian wisdom