A Study of Shelley´s Prometheus Unbound (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Study of Shelley´s Prometheus Unbound Without further preface, I will now come to close quarters with Prometheus Unbound; and, asking you to bear in mind what I have just said - that I deal only with its essential meaning or main outline and purport - I shall analyse this meaning under five principal heads - 1, What is the Myth, or (as we might call it) the vertebrated skeleton, of the Prometheus Unbound; 2, Who is Prometheus; 3, Who is Asia; 4, Who is Jupiter; 5, Who is Demogorgon. And 1, as to the Myth. In debating the Myth of Prometheus Unbound, I shall leave entirely on one side the question as to what is the primary Greek myth about Prometheus the son of Iapetus. He must take care of himself: and Æschylus, or any other poet or promulgator of that myth, must take care of himself. With Shelley alone, and his creation the Prometheus Unbound, can I now be concerned. He voluntarily and determinately parted company with Æschylus, saying in his preface that he was "averse from a catastrophe so feeble as that of reconciling the Champion with the Oppressor of mankind." The general myth of Prometheus Unbound is set forth very definitely in a leading speech of Asia in Act 2. I will read it in extenso, and afterwards consider in detail its terms and bearing. "There was the Heaven and Earth at first, And Light and Love; then Saturn, from whose throne Time fell, an envious shadow. Such the state Of the earth´s primal spirits beneath his sway As the calm joy of flowers and living leaves Before the wind or sun has withered them, And semivital worms. But he refused The birthright of their being, knowledge, power, The skill which wields the elements, the thought Which pierces this dim universe like light, Self-empire, and the majesty of love; For thirst of which they fainted. Then Prometheus Gave wisdom, which is strength, to Jupiter, And, with this law alone ´Let man be free,´ Clothed him with the dominion of wide Heaven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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