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Prometheus (Authority police (Man should consider Prometheus (Model of…
Prometheus
Authority
Embodied by
"Fate"
"The Thunderer" - Zeus
Prometheus fate
Eternal
Suffer forever
≠ Men
Mortal
Can oppose!
Water imagery = man's corruption
"A troubled stream from a pure source"
Authority "Deaf Tyranny" + acceptation of destiny
Corrupts human soul
Man should consider Prometheus
Model of "patient energy"
Model of "endurance"
A "mighty lesson"
Intro
George Gordon
most known as Lord Byron
like Romantic poets
believed in Revolution
Fought in Greece where he died
Greek mythology
Prometheus gave fire to man
Symbol of intelligence
Stolen from the Gods
Chained to mount Caucasus
Liver eaten by eagle every day
Seen as Man's Champion
Byron associates it
Romantic figure
A lesson for people's empowerment
Byron addresses the Titan + expresses admiration
Poem mainly in iambic
Contrast trochee "Titan"
"+ Exclamation mark
Admiration
1st stanza: description of Titan's suffering
Both physical + mental
Very explicit
Words
Pain
Agony
Woe
Loneliness
Associated to sacrifice for benefice of mankind
Partly as Romantics saw their works+ exile
Prometheus feels sympathy + pity for man
"A symbol and a sign to mortals"
Model for humanity
Who should stand against authority
Poem ∞ Romantic's will of people empowerment
Detranscendentalisation
Man = "in part divine"
Harsh consonants of last lines
Last lines agressives
alliteration in [d] and [t]
"
T
riumphan
t
where i
t
d
ares
d
efy / And making
D
eath a Victory"
≠ Soft first lines
Alliteration in [s]
"Until it
s
voi
ce
o
s
echole
ss
"
Last lines = fight call ?
∞ "Bring me my bow" in Blake's
Jerusalem
