Prometheus

a trip to America. We were crossing the Atlantic on a steamboat. I was assured that the ride was going to be pleasant and prompt. ‘We departed from Spain April 15, 1933. As promised the ride was smooth and easy. Us and about 200 others rode the Prometheus to Ellis Island. We landed safe and soundly no issues. As expected we were met by a flurry of people being rushed into the building. I…

The phrase “rules were meant to be broken” has held true for rebellious teenagers throughout time. But what if breaking the rules meant death or banishment? In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, the protagonist Equality 7-251, lived in a “utopian” society. This society had many rules and inhibitions implemented in it in order to prevent individuality and selfishness and promote collectivism and unity. After Equality escapes into the forest, he sees himself creating his own society. The society…

Women played a vital role in evolution of the Enlightenment Era. The women of the Enlightenment were the creators of feminism, they gave birth to the Women Liberation Movement. Female activists like Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges broke ground for modern feminists like Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes. To this day women are still fighting to break the glass ceilings holding them back, such as the current wage gap. Women of the enlightenment began the over three-hundred-year…

Another form of abuse of power, according to Lars Lunsford, takes the idea of the male’s inability to give birth and applies it to Victor’s actions. Lars makes the assumption that Victor tried to take away the female’s power over procreation, further devaluing the life of a woman (Lunsford 174). In fact, Victor might have been trying to eradicate the need for females entirely by creating a race of super humans. Anne Mellor rationalizes that he cared not for those around him while he worked and…

Hephaestus had many skills and traits, but he is most widely known for being the god of fire, metalworking, and sculpting art. Hephaestus came from Greek royalty, being the son of Zeus and Hera. Legend has it that when Hephaestus was born, he was crippled so Hera threw him from Olympus, where he landed in the ocean. He was then raised by Thetis and Eurynome. Hephaestus married Aphrodite, making her a Greek goddess. Together they had six children, making them fall in the line of Greek royalty as…

Classical and Greek Mythology Allusions Pandora’s Box Who? Zeus, Pandora, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Hephaistos What? Zeus was mad at Prometheus and because people tricked him. Zeus eventually got back at the people by telling Hephaistos to make a beautiful woman whom he names Pandora. Zeus sent Pandora to earth. Zeus thought Epimetheus should marry Pandora. Zeus sent Pandora with a small box with a lock on it. She couldn’t open the box because Epimetheus had the key. Pandora really wanted to…

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus is told from the perspective of Captain Robert Walton who is en route to the North Pole. He encounters a nearly frozen man named Victor Frankenstein, who then proceeds to tell Walton his life’s story. Victor tells Walton of his peaceful childhood, his obsession with natural philosophy, and how that obsession evolved into a love for chemistry and biology. Victor became consumed with determining the secret of life and spent two years working to create life…

It creates a more efficient lifestyle for humans. The benefits from the advancement of technology can range from babysitting to healthcare. For example, In the movie, Prometheus, there was a self-diagnosing and self-treatment capsule. The person can hop inside the capsule to have regular checkups and treat themselves via surgery. If humans had the device today, there would be no such thing as sickness or death. The device…

Major writings are more than often based on the society and movements occurring at the time of their creation. This is especially evident in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus. Shelley wrote the story during the height of Romanticism, a system of ideologies drawn from the negative impacts of the industrial revolution. The story was focused around a scientist Frankenstein, attempting to bring back life while in the process creating a horrific being who would later terrorize the…

great win, he accidently shot Chiron with an arrow. This particular arrow had been the one that killed the Hydra, so it had it’s evil blood. The arrow causes so much pain, Chiron had volunteered to sacrifice himself later on when he needed to free Prometheus and Zeus (“Centaur”). A symbol for Chiron is wisdom. During his long life, he gave young gods and heroes advice and guided them through their adventures. Later sacrificing himself because…