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"For my part I would rather be damned with Plato and Lord Bacon, than go to Heaven with Paley and Malthus."In Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, we see him by the end of the book being buried under the rocks that crumble, midst thunder and lightning. Prometheus, the god,(unjustly) bound to a rock by other gods, had though made a promise: “I swear in that moment there won’t be no fear “. He had a secret; “there will be a day when my value shall be needed.” The god wanted to give the fire to men...and g...
Expressed in outward things; but soon I looked,And behold; thrones were kingless, and men walkedOne with the other even as spirits do,None frowned, none trampled; hate, disdain, or fear,Self-love or self-contempt, on human browsNo more inscribed, as o’er the gate of hell,‘’All hope abandon ye who enter here’’Shelly continued Aeschylus’s story and transformed it into a symbolic drama about the origin of evil and its elimination. He wrote in his preface that Prometheus is, ‘’as it were, the type o...
This is the most amazing work of Shelley. This play contains a lot of emotions, and political issues which are still valid even today. Not an easy reading, but definitely worth it.
I read this because it was mentioned in L.A Noire, one of my favorite video games. The passages with Prometheus are captivating but then other characters would swoop in and hog the stage, dampening my enjoyment. My favorite epic poem is still "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.
So there are a lot of ways to look at Shelley's Prometheus Unbound: as a continuation of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, as its own closet drama, or as a framework for Shelley to write poetry on nature and classical mythology. Unfortunately, in my opinion Prometheus Unbound fails no matter which of the three ways you look at it, and I'm actually left scratching my head at how badly Shelley messed up considering that he was handed such an interesting subject on a silver platter.Aeschylus's Promethe...
Shelley is a lexical, storytelling boss! Move over Byron, you've been whupped!The nature imagery is powerful and animates each aspect of nature. It reminds me of Homer's Ancient animist themes from The Iliad but has what I'm guessing is the updated Romantic, idealist themes slant added. Naturally, I've got to read the original, Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound next.
I saw not, heard not, moved not, only feltHis presence flow and mingle through my bloodTill it became his life, and his grew mine,And I was thus absorbed, until it passed,And like the vapours when the sun sinks down,Gathering again in drops upon the pines,And tremulous as they, in the deep nightMy being was condensed; and as the raysOf thought were slowly gathered, I could hearHis voice, whose accents lingered ere they diedLike footsteps of weak melody: thy nameAmong the many sounds alone I hear...
I really had to force myself to read this; I found it extremely tedious. Far from being the story of Prometheus and a celebration of his rebellion against Jupiter (why not Zeus?), what passes for a plot focuses relentlessly on minor characters who are enraptured in Romantic visions of the passing scenery. My basic objection to this premise is that it was neither as thrilling to read as the epic tale of Milton by which it purports to be inspired, nor as rapturous as Byron's or Clare's writing abo...
I just cannot bring myself to enjoy Shelley and it has nothing to do with the themes he has chosen here to attempt his art of poesy. I'd rather read Keats' Hyperion poems repeatedly than a single read of this work.
Oh the romanticism. Oh the purple prose. Oh the WTF are the characters chirping about over and over.
