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    In what sense are these people‚ events‚ and/or objects symbolic? How do they further our understanding of the play? Allusion – Read the information about Prometheus. Using the information‚ explain George’s allusion to Walter as Prometheus. According to Greek mythology‚ who is Prometheus? What does Walter have in common with Prometheus? How does this allusion help us to understand Walter’s role in the family? How does this allusion help us to understand Walter’s conflict with Mama and the rest

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    Contents Introduction 1 Elaboration and Consideration of the main events 1 Main Event in Pandora and Eve 2 Conclusion 4 Reference: 6 Pandora and Eve Introduction It is not hard to find any similarities between the Greek woman‚ Pandora and Epimetheus and Eve and Adam of the Bible‚ from the Judeo-Christian tradition. Both women are the known for releasing the evil in world. Pandora and Eve are both created for human kind‚ where Pandora is created as a gift whereas Eve is created as the companion of

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    and makes him attractive (Adventures in English Literature 527).” Victor Frankenstein‚ The Ancient Mariner‚ and Katniss Everdeen are the epitome of the Byronic hero. They also compare to the classic Byronic heroes Satan from “Paradise Lost”‚ and Prometheus of classical Greek Mythology. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein is the Romantic Hero. Victor has many characteristics that make him a Byronic Hero‚ and the first trait is his guilt from a sin that he caused. The monster that

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    society and is contacted by the leader‚ Morpheus‚ a freedom fighter who believes Neo is the one who will destroy the dystopian society. In novella‚ Anthem‚ by Ayn Rand‚ the protagonists Prometheus knows there is an unnatural element in his society and commits many transgression in a form of rebellion. Prometheus chooses to fight against a life of obedience‚ drudgery‚ and fear because exploring the unknown is a life goal unlike his peers. Individuals are immersed in a dystopian society accept live

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    you saw your mother in danger and the only way to save her is breaking a law? Would I break the law to save a loved one? The books that we read to help answer the question were Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ “Emancipation Proclamation” by Abraham Lincoln‚ “Prometheus”‚ from Greek mythology “Critical thinking video” by Leo‚ and a Socratic seminar as a class. I would break the law for a loved one because they are my loved ones. This shows how much they are worth to me. It shows I care for them. First of all‚

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    element.The subtitle ’modern prometheus ’ in a sense links the old greek myth to the modern world or is trying to give a new comparitive picture to the modern world. As the legend has it‚Titan created humankind out of mud and water and then he dared to steal the fires from God for the benifit of humankind.He was punished by an anry zeus.By adding the word ’modern ’ before it‚ Mary Shelley is puting forth comparison ofthe two.According t the Romantics‚Prometheus was a hero both in his capacity

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    Mercury‚ by the humungous circular light-sail that the station has. The light sail at the station works the same way that the Prometheus is propelled through space. While the Prometheus uses laser light from the station to be propelled through the stars‚ the Laser Station has a large light-sail ring that captures the light power from the sun‚ which pushes the station

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    encircle the earth TETHYS - Ocean’s wife HYPERION - the father of the son‚ the moon and the dawn MNEMOSYNE - it means memory‚ THEMIS - usually translated by justice IAPETUS - important because of his sons ATLAS and PROMETHEUS ATLAS - bore the world on his shoulders PROMETHEUS - he was the savior of mankind ZEUS - jupiter‚ he is the supreme ruler of the universe. He was the Lord of the sky‚ the Rain-god and the Cloud-gatherer‚ who withheld the awful thunderbult. HERA - juno‚ she was Zeus’s

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    tale ’Pandora’s Box’. Prometheus‚ a titan who came to befriend mankind incurred the wrath of Zeus (king of the Gods) by tricking him out of part of the sacrifices that were offered to him. Mankind from this point only offered the bones of the animals they sacrificed to Zeus and ate the meat themselves which outraged him. Zeus had also refused to give mankind the gift of fire which Prometheus‚ ignoring Zeus’ wishes offered this gift to mankind also.

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    four movements. Moreover‚ according to Orozco-Estrada‚ the symphony represents the history of titan Prometheus. On the first movement‚ which is in sonata form‚ according to Orozco-Estrada‚ Beethoven introduces the hero‚ in this case‚ Prometheus. Prometheus‚ given his love for humanity‚ gives the fire to the humankind‚ as a gift. Since the fire is a privilege among the gods‚ the gods punished Prometheus‚ which leads to the next movement of the symphony. Next‚ the second movement is Marcia funebre. Beethoven

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