Samson Agonistes is a poetical drama patterned on Greek tragedies. It deals with the story of Samson from the “Book of Judges” in the Old Testament. Samson is an athlete of the Israelites. He stands as the bravest warrior fighting for the freedom of his country. But he is betrayed by his Philistine wife Dalilah and blinded by his enemies the Philistines. Led into the temple to make them sport, he takes his vengeance upon his enemies by pulling down the temple upon them and upon himself in a common ruin. He dies but regains his dignity in death.