Pandora's Renown Greek Myth

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Pandora, the famous Mythology story, a renown greek myth, and one of my all time favorites. This version I am annotating, is adapted as an epic poem with lyrical rhyme. The story is about Pandora’s husband Epimetheus who asks just one thing from her wife, and that is not to open the sacred jar. As Pandora listens to the command, she starts reminiscing of Eve in the Garden of Eden, and after much thought, she opens the sacred jar from mere struggle and temptation. Once opened, the jar gushes out evil and escapes through the outskirts of the world. However, one pleasant thing arose from the madness of the jar and that was some hope came out of the jar. One main thing that stood out to me when reading this, was how how their were many life morals needing to be followed. …show more content…
Many people make many risky decisions in life, for example, is it time to buy a house, is it time to start a family, is it time to start drinking alcohol, etc. Many have to make these risky decisions at certain points in their life, but however, it is their responsibility to know if they are careful and trustworthy enough for them to do so and face the consequences that lay ahead. Another very important moral I also noticed was that “remember that hope will always be there in the darkest moments in life”. Pandora found hope in the evil riddled jar, and the author could imply that hope will always be there even if you are facing difficult times. I could connect to this very well as one of my friends had recently lost his/her dad due to a heart attack, and many were by his/her side and gave them much hope so that they can recover from this tragic loss. They recovered as his/her got back is not emotionally saddened at this point and has recovered to go on to live their daily lives to the

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