Prometheus Bound Aeschylus

Both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Aeschylus’s ‘Prometheus Bound’ carry heavy themes of bondage, both physically and metaphorically. Indeed, the fact that Frankenstein is often titled Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus demonstrates that the two...

Prometheus Bound serves as an allegory radiant in theme. Yet, while the symbolism employed by Aeschylus is fairly ubiquitous, and while some scholars argue that the paramount issues of Aeschylus's play lie in both Prometheus's services to mankind...

Aeschylus' play Prometheus Bound centers on the struggle between Prometheus and Zeus. Prometheus is an intelligent god who is concerned with the welfare of others. Zeus is a tyrant who acts rashly according to his emotion. The two figures clash...

“Let him hurl his twin-forked lightning bolts down on my head.. let him make the wildly surging sea waves mingle with the pathways of the heavenly stars... he cannot make me die,” says Prometheus after his suffering gives him the hope to withstand...