Prometheus Research Paper

The story of Prometheus giving fire to man is one that could be interpreted to teach a few different life lessons; however, I believe the most accurate one is that the story of Prometheus is trying to teach that you should always do what you feel is right.
Prometheus did what he felt was right to protect and aid the humans he had so painstakingly created. “When Prometheus finished his work and saw his creatures shivering in the cold, dark night, terrified of the many powerful beasts his brother had created, his heart ached. He could not bear the sight of their suffering, and so he decided he must return to Olympus to ask Zeus for another gift. He wished to give his creations fire.” Prometheus realized the humans had no chance of survival without the fire, for they had nothing to protect themselves from the powerful creations of Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus. Despite knowing Zeus probably would not allow him to get away with giving humans the gift of fire, Prometheus did it anyway because he truly believed he should, “Prometheus knew he must help his creations, and although he understood Zeus could be a vengeful, angry god, he decided he must do something.” …show more content…
“The people were overjoyed. With fire, they no longer shivered in the cold night. With fire they were able to forge weapons to subdue the wild beasts. With fire they made tools to till the earth and build dwellings. With fire they warmed those dwellings. And the animals feared the sight of those flames and no longer attacked human beings.” Not without consequences, Prometheus still had Zeus’ wrath to face, and after tricking Zeus a second time to help the humans, Zeus punished Prometheus. Moreover, he dueled out a terrible punishment for Prometheus by having him chained to a mountain and “Every day an eagle swooped out of the sky and tore at Prometheus' liver, and every night his immortal liver once again