Guan-Bok Kwok
English 101H MW 9:30-10:55 am
Professor McKeever
5 November 2013
Word Count: 195
Samson and Delilah as an Allusion
Samson, a Nazarite who was blessed with unlimited strength by God, fell in love with Delilah, a beautiful Philistine woman who was bribed to find his weakness, can function as a literary allusion to blind love. The Philistine rulers offered Delilah a large sum of money to stay with Samson and find out how to hinder his strength. Even after catching Delilah trying to discover his weakness, he eventually told her that his power came from never cutting his hair. Writers often recognize the biblical story of Samson and Delilah as a useful allusion. For example, Fitzgerald writes in his classic novel “The Great Gatsby” (c. 1925) about Gatsby who is so in love with Daisy Buchanan that he traps himself in a fantasy world, hoping that she would one day stumble back into his life. In the end, Gatsby and Samson meet a similar fate; blinded by their love, they made poor, irrevocable decisions which led to each of their deaths. Gatsby's blind love towards Daisy caused him to keep a deadly secret to protect her.
Work Cited
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1925. Print.
English 101H MW 9:30-10:55 am
Professor McKeever
5 November 2013
Word Count: 195
Samson and Delilah as an Allusion
Samson, a Nazarite who was blessed with unlimited strength by God, fell in love with Delilah, a beautiful Philistine woman who was bribed to find his weakness, can function as a literary allusion to blind love. The Philistine rulers offered Delilah a large sum of money to stay with Samson and find out how to hinder his strength. Even after catching Delilah trying to discover his weakness, he eventually told her that his power came from never cutting his hair. Writers often recognize the biblical story of Samson and Delilah as a useful allusion. For example, Fitzgerald writes in his classic novel “The Great Gatsby” (c. 1925) about Gatsby who is so in love with Daisy Buchanan that he traps himself in a fantasy world, hoping that she would one day stumble back into his life. In the end, Gatsby and Samson meet a similar fate; blinded by their love, they made poor, irrevocable decisions which led to each of their deaths. Gatsby's blind love towards Daisy caused him to keep a deadly secret to protect her.
Work Cited
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1925. Print.