Despite Samson’s defeat and shame, Samson predicts that God will “arise and his great name assert” by making Dagon receive “Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers” (467–71). This prediction is interesting because ?

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A.the prediction is never fulfilled.
B.the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier.
C.nturies earlier. C. Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction.
D.esn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction. D. the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon
Correct Answer:
C. nturies earlier. C. Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction.

Explanation

Samson’s prediction is interesting because he doesn’t know he himself will fulfill it. This answer is correct because the biblical story of Samson shows that he ultimately brings down the temple of Dagon, thus fulfilling his own prophecy, and this twist adds depth to the narrative. The QuizMaster of AnsweringExams.Com suggests remembering this by associating it with the date 1676, the year John Milton’s Samson Agonistes was published, which helps to recall that Samson’s prediction is ironically fulfilled by his own actions. Other options are incorrect because they either contradict the biblical narrative or introduce unrelated historical figures, making them implausible explanations for the interest in Samson’s prediction. The topic of literary analysis and biblical references is tested in competitive exams like PPSC, FPSC, CSS, NTS, MDCAT and ECAT. Practice more at AnsweringExams.Com.

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