Samson Agonistes by John Milton audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

John Milton's Samson Agonistes reimagines the final days of the biblical strongman as an intense, inward tragedy of defeat, endurance, and faith. Once Israel's champion, Samson now sits blind and captive in Gaza, mocked by the Philistines and tormented by the memory of his own choices. As he wrestles with shame and the silence of God, visitors arrive who force him to confront the life that brought him to this ruin: his father Manoa, who pleads to ransom him; the Chorus of Danites, who mirror the community's grief and doubt; and Dalila, whose arrival opens old wounds and hard questions about love, betrayal, and responsibility. Meanwhile, Philistine leaders celebrate their power and prepare a public spectacle meant to humiliate their fallen enemy. Confined, powerless, and unsure of his calling, Samson faces the central conflict of the poem: whether a broken man can still possess moral agency, and what redemption might look like when strength, certainty, and sight are gone. With austere language and mounting tension, Milton explores suffering, conscience, national identity, and the paradox of strength born from weakness.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:10:40) Chapter 01

(00:26:03) Chapter 02

(00:37:35) Chapter 03

(00:52:12) Chapter 04

(01:10:50) Chapter 05

(01:18:30) Chapter 06

(01:33:40) Chapter 07

(01:46:04) Chapter 08

(01:57:06) Chapter 09

(02:11:01) Chapter 10

(02:24:25) Chapter 11

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