In Greek Mythology, Pandora was a beautiful woman made by the gods themselves sent down to earth as a punishment for Promethean's theft of fire. Pandora was a cunning, beautiful women, who was as clever as a fox, she was an inspiration for many other characters and left a big mark of Greek culture and even in modern day, Pandora shows up in society and our culture.
Pandora was created by Zeus and the other gods to be sent down to earth and marry Prometheus's brother as punishment for Prometheus's disrespect by giving fire back to humanity. Prometheus warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept a gift from the gods but he was in awe of her beauty and charm. On the day of the wedding, Zeus gave Pandora a box and informed her to never open it, he then gave Epimetheus the key telling him to never open the box as well. After the marriage, they were very happy but Pandora started to become distressed she could not figure out why someone would give her a box she was not allowed to …show more content…
The Greeks blame Pandora for the suffering of the world and also shed some of that blame onto Zeus which is part of the Myth and what it represents. Pandoras Box also explains why humans must constantly work for survival and that Pandora "reflects the beautiful figure of dread" quoted from https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-pandoras-box-118577. In modern day this relates to the song "Everything is what it seems" which refers to how Pandora came down looking like something that will do no harm. Pandora's box represents all of the misfortune that can come from one small mistake or mishap, even one person like her can create so much dread and evil just like today. In theory, Pandora could even be related to someone such as Adolf Hitler but socially that would never happen because she accidentally let all of the evils into the world which is still heavily frowned upon while he was
Pandora was created by Zeus and the other gods to be sent down to earth and marry Prometheus's brother as punishment for Prometheus's disrespect by giving fire back to humanity. Prometheus warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept a gift from the gods but he was in awe of her beauty and charm. On the day of the wedding, Zeus gave Pandora a box and informed her to never open it, he then gave Epimetheus the key telling him to never open the box as well. After the marriage, they were very happy but Pandora started to become distressed she could not figure out why someone would give her a box she was not allowed to …show more content…
The Greeks blame Pandora for the suffering of the world and also shed some of that blame onto Zeus which is part of the Myth and what it represents. Pandoras Box also explains why humans must constantly work for survival and that Pandora "reflects the beautiful figure of dread" quoted from https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-pandoras-box-118577. In modern day this relates to the song "Everything is what it seems" which refers to how Pandora came down looking like something that will do no harm. Pandora's box represents all of the misfortune that can come from one small mistake or mishap, even one person like her can create so much dread and evil just like today. In theory, Pandora could even be related to someone such as Adolf Hitler but socially that would never happen because she accidentally let all of the evils into the world which is still heavily frowned upon while he was