Prometheus

orders, and on the boat, was his family and two of every animal. Rain came from the sky for 40 days and 40 nights, which in turn, flooded the Earth for 150 days. The Greek story involves Zeus sending a flood to destroy the men of the Bronze Age. Prometheus knew of the plan, and warned his son, Deucalion to build a chest. Deucalion, and his wife, Pyrrha, floated on the chest for nine…

disguises themselves to pursue another sexually. Another classical myth that has much in common with the Serbs myth was Pandora and her box. In this story Zeus had Hermes make a beautiful woman, Pandora, from the earth to give to Epimetheus as a gift. Prometheus, Epimetheus’s brother, had told him to never accept a gift from Zeus. However, he did not listen. Pandora had extreme greed and curiosity when she came across a box; the box had been from Zeus as well. When Pandora opened the lid…

story of Prometheus as they are both creators that go against God, that only lead to their own destruction. In the story of the wise Prometheus, he was the creator of mankind and taught them art. In Frankenstein, Victor was the creator of a monster when it says on page 51, “Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticality. It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being.” When fire was taken away from the humans Prometheus…

The myth of Prometheus is one of the oldest stories about human creation that you will find. It is about someone caring for humankind so much as to steal from the gods to help make the lives of the people easier and more joyful. It is a story about punishment, the origin of happiness and unhappiness, as well as the origin of man. The story was told to children to teach about life; as it was part of a large religion. It is frequently brought up in scientific presentations on stem cells or organ…

In the hand of several God and Goddess the first mortal woman was born, first created from clay by Hephaestus. Lights pierced through the darkness of Pandora as life was breathed into her by Athene. The God and Goddess appear before her very eyes, one with a beard and distorted face, one with a golden helmet and long hair, one with boundless beauty, and lastly one with a winged helmet. Pandora wonder who was those people next to her were, “My name Zeus and we are God, the ruler of the universe,…

The major fault of Frankenstein as a character is not being able to accept responsibility for his creation and this is the first step along that path that he only accepts responsibility when he has lost everything. This extract comes at a critical point of the novel as Frankenstein has reanimated the monster and ran away from him. This impacts the development of both Frankenstein and the monster as characters. Frankenstein is tormented by what he has done. It is important to note us as the…

Education is a large concept discussed within Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. However, education within the novel is not discussed in a contemporary sense, insead using it to convey the concepts of irregular education, scientific discovery, and the importance of learning about one self. Throughout Frankenstein education is discussed in a variety of sense mainly in the forms of differing self learning and the use of self-learning to propel yourself forward.…

Prometheus stole fire from the gods (he reached too far) and was punished for it, just as Victor overreaches by playing God and creating life and is then punished for it. Victor finally seems to succumb to the idea of a higher power, “ I trod heaven in my…

Hesiod in Works and Days explains human failures through a myth known as “Pandora’s Box” (Hesiod). Prometheus stole fire from Zeus for man, and in turn Zeus sent a woman named Pandora with a deceitful nature and a jar filled with plagues for mankind. She inevitably opened the jar and unleashed evil upon the world. This myth shows that the Greeks believed…

character and more interested in her jar and its contents. P. Walcot’s article, Pandora's jar, Erga 83-105, begins exploring that topic with an examination of the poet Hesiod’s intent. Walcot claims that Hesiod fixated on the tale of two brothers, Prometheus and Epimetheus, in order to communicate a moral to his own brother, Perses. That moral is obvious: Mind the advice given to you by your brother, or you will find yourself in the same position as…