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    In Greek mythology Pandora was the first woman‚ bestowed upon humankind by Zeus as a punishment for Prometheus’ theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people‚ she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life; wife of Epimetheus. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to make a mixture of earth and water and from it to create a woman as beautiful as a goddess. When she was ready‚ Athena adorned her and taught her how to weave‚ while Aphrodite

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    a decade ago‚ I took up residency on Promethean Way. When I initially moved into the home‚ there was a natural draw to the street‚ the name‚ the lineage‚ and the origin; but at the time I did not know why. According to some mythological stories‚ Prometheus was the titan who was cursed by Zeus for gifting man with fire. This tool would allow man to cook‚ to increase warmth‚ to see‚ to explore; it not only gave man the ability to survive‚ but also the possibility to advance‚ to grow‚ and to evolve.

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    What Is Poetry? by John Stuart Mill It has often been asked‚ What Is Poetry? And many and various are the answers which have been returned. The vulgarest of all--one with which no person possessed of the faculties to which poetry addresses itself can ever have been satisfied--is that which confounds poetry with metrical composition; yet to this wretched mockery of a definition many have been led back by the failure of all their attempts to find any other that would distinguish what they have been

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    Juan de Pareja was born into a slave family. His mother died when he was just five years old. The only thing his mother left was her gold earrings. From that day on Mistress‚ Dona Emilia de Silva y Rodriguez‚ took him as her pageboy. But soon after Mistress taught Juanico his letters and how to write. Juanico developed beautiful handwriting‚ which at first made Mistress envy him until she noticed that he could now write her letters. But after a while Master became ill and got worst everyday until

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    In Thomas C. Fosters How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ Foster expresses how every story has a journey that someone or sometimes multiple people go on specific journeys. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus‚ the novel is based on exactly that‚ a journey. One journey is Victor Frankenstein’s quest for knowledge. Foster says that “The real reason for a quest is always self knowledge.” Victor Frankenstein is the perfect example of this; Frankenstein sets out on a journey to

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    society came to the end. Self-interest is another destructive behavior for a society. For example‚ in the Hesiod’s‚ Theogony‚ “Prometheus”‚ main character‚ Prometheus steals fire from Zeus and brings it to people. Prometheus makes Zeus look weak. In response‚ Zeus orders to create Pandora that will bring diseases and sorrows to people. Here we can see that Prometheus self-interest to look strong and smart causes whole society to suffer. Demeter from “Homeric Hymn to Demeter” is also driven by

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    Pandoras Box: What the Myth Means TodayIntroductionImagine a life with no pain‚ worries‚ or misery in which to speak all evils held secure by a sacred beast or mythological container. This is the life described in many fantasies of the days before man‚ woman‚ and hardship. With any myth‚ however‚ unlocking and explaining the gift of knowledge and becoming aware seems to account for all evils that have been imparted upon humankind. This is a very similar beginning to the story of Adam and Eve in

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    aggression is defined as a planning‚ thoughtful behavior that is motivated to gain an objective for personal gain. Reactive aggression happens when responding to danger or aggravation and is more impulsive than proactive aggression (Fite‚ Becker‚ Rubens‚ and Cheathm-Johnson‚ 2015). There are two studies that examined the difference between aggression type and sleep functioning. Dodge et al. (1997) found a tendency for sleep disorders to be common with reactively aggressive compared to proactively

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    Shelley never even expected this piece to sale‚ but he felt that it truly conveyed his message of the necessity of man defying his ruling power (Richards 674). In consideration of his poetry‚ Shelley said "Prometheus Unbound" was "a poem of higher character than anything [he had] attempted and perhaps less an imitation of anything that has gone before it" (Ford 161). In conclusion‚ the concept of human idealism and revolt is clearly evident in Percy Bysshe

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    Frankenstein and Blade Runner Frankenstein * Prometheus represents on who has defied and challenged the natural order; one who has transgressed on forbidden territory. His actions are not couched in connotations of courage or heroism but recognised as reckless and without any thought to the possible consequences. * Victor earns disregard and disdain through his insufferable egotism and unprincipled and reckless judgement. Time and time again‚ he fails to take responsibility for his own actions

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