Prometheus Bound Quotes

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Significance of Io’s Scene In Prometheus Bound

Io’s scene in Aeschylus’ ‘Prometheus Bound’ has great significance as it serves as a turning point in the play, making the audience turn against Prometheus as his hamartia (character flaw) is revealed. If Io’s scene was not included, the audience would still feel sympathy towards Prometheus by the end, thus defeating Aeschylus’ purpose of the tragedy. Both Prometheus and Io are victims of Zeus’ tyranny. They are both being punished for displeasing Zeus in some way. The difference between the two is that Prometheus knows what he has done to turn Zeus against him, “I gave them fire.” (Prometheus, page 28), whereas Io does not, “Son of Cronus, what did I do?” (Io, page 37). Io has no idea why Zeus

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Prometheus Bound Play Quotes

Author Bryan Doerries work “Prometheus in Solitary” draws parallels with the life of Prometheus and the life of a modern day prisoners in isolation through Aeschylus’s ancient Greek play “Prometheus Bound”. Dorries states the following about Prometheus’s imprisonment, “not a one-sided condemnation of authoritarian rule” but rather a “discipline and power within a complex hierarchy.” (Doerries, 177-178). Dorries places the power of imprisonment not only in the hands of an all powerful leader but in…

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Hope In Frankenstein

Frankenstein was created centuries after Aeschylus Prometheus Bound, but these two tales do share similar concepts within their individual stories. The theme of hope plays an important part in both plots in order to give certain character meaning in their seemingly bleak lives. Hope is the idea that drives these characters to be motivated in order to fight tyranny or finding compassion or to stop their mistakes. Frankenstein and Prometheus are two stories written in two different time periods but…

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Blade Runner: Movie Analysis

focuses on at university. By breaching the limits of science and technology, Frankenstein has turned something that he believed would result in ‘light’ into something that reveals itself to be destructive and dangerous. “Life and death appeared to ideal bounds, which i should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world…” In this, Shelley is highlighting how disrupting the natural order will lead to the destruction of man — which is shown when Victor’s act of creation results in…

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Gothic portrayal of helplessness and the unknown Essay

Gothic literature explores the natural human sensation of helplessness in the face of the unknown. By comparing Frankenstein with at least one other Gothic text, discuss this view of Gothic literature.’ In the novels ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘The Woman in Black’ helplessness in the face of the unknown is displayed in multiple ways, one being the use of a naive narrator. There are also other characters who display obliviousness to certain events around them. Such as Victor believing that the monster will…

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Sex and Gender are Different Essay

If there is room for doubt the context generally makes the meaning clear. However, in scientific, medical, legal or political and even religious discourse the discrepant use of the terms can lead to confusion and a lack of understanding. Here is a quote from a recent report (Schmidt 2001): "the findings [of a second gene related to sex determination] offer new hope for parents whose babies are born with this [ambiguous genital] condition - as well as valuable information to help physicians more accurately…

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