Comparing Prometheus 'And The Great Bear'
Throughout multiple mythological stories women have been shown as jealous, revengeful and intrusive.
Prometheus and Pandora
The Great Bear
Perseus and Medusa
Medea (A Women Scorned)
Antigone
Prometheus and Pandora~
Prometheus and his brother stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind. Of course, the gods were furious.
As PUNISHMENT, the gods gave the brothers a women, named Pandora to Prometheus and his brother. However, even as punishment, the gods still gave Pandora valuable traits.
Epimetheus, Prometheus’ brother had a jar in his house that was not to be open. Pandora opened the jar and let all the evil into the world. The only thing left was hope.
Inferior Women Argument: Women were described as punishment and blamed for being …show more content…
She took her on life right before the king had changed his mind about killing Antigone.
Powerful Women Argument: Antigone honored her family, brother and dictated how she lived her life.
Antigone was a great example of a powerful women in Greek mythology.
Feminists were very fond of this mythological story because the story portrayed women justly.
“She does not listen to the human perishable laws and with her self- immolation follows her conscience without any hesitation, ignoring all rules” (Symeonidou).
Now that multiple of the stories have been compared and contrasted the question can be answered.
Many stories in Greek mythology portray women as inferior; however there are many women who are powerful and show superior traits.
Greek mythology shows the flaws of women, but the also show the strength of women in a variety of ways.
In reality, Greek mythology demonstrates many of the same views about women that our society processes today.
Final Answer: Women were portrayed as powerful and as inferior; however, the stories were not necessarily discriminatory because women had an equal chance to be in power and fight for what was
Prometheus and Pandora
The Great Bear
Perseus and Medusa
Medea (A Women Scorned)
Antigone
Prometheus and Pandora~
Prometheus and his brother stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind. Of course, the gods were furious.
As PUNISHMENT, the gods gave the brothers a women, named Pandora to Prometheus and his brother. However, even as punishment, the gods still gave Pandora valuable traits.
Epimetheus, Prometheus’ brother had a jar in his house that was not to be open. Pandora opened the jar and let all the evil into the world. The only thing left was hope.
Inferior Women Argument: Women were described as punishment and blamed for being …show more content…
She took her on life right before the king had changed his mind about killing Antigone.
Powerful Women Argument: Antigone honored her family, brother and dictated how she lived her life.
Antigone was a great example of a powerful women in Greek mythology.
Feminists were very fond of this mythological story because the story portrayed women justly.
“She does not listen to the human perishable laws and with her self- immolation follows her conscience without any hesitation, ignoring all rules” (Symeonidou).
Now that multiple of the stories have been compared and contrasted the question can be answered.
Many stories in Greek mythology portray women as inferior; however there are many women who are powerful and show superior traits.
Greek mythology shows the flaws of women, but the also show the strength of women in a variety of ways.
In reality, Greek mythology demonstrates many of the same views about women that our society processes today.
Final Answer: Women were portrayed as powerful and as inferior; however, the stories were not necessarily discriminatory because women had an equal chance to be in power and fight for what was