Symbolism In Elie Wiesel's 'Prometheus'

Prometheus
Sarah H, Prometheus was an odd character if one considers his story, that of no violence or death. This Titan, ironically, could not stand to see the humans suffer with the fate Zeus and his fellow Titans commanded, so he disobeyed authority and gave mankind fire. As punishment, Zeus killed him over and over and after being unsatisfied, chained him to a large tree to never move, but only able to watch the humans. Zeus was not satisfied, however, so he punished Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus. This happens in the story of Pandora’s box. Yet, symbols and characteristics that have inspired authors around the world come from Prometheus, which can be called the good heart, or some similar things. Heroes can’t only fight, kill, and claim
Prometheus was the kindest of all the Titans or even the gods, but one day, Zeus ordered that everyone was forbidden to interact with the humans. Prometheus could not stand to see humans- let alone anything- suffer and to watch them go extinct because Zeus threw a fit, so he gave the humans fire in order to live. When Zeus found out about it, he became enraged and killed him a hundred times, then chained the titan to a large tree, only to watch mankind. Then, as he was not satisfied, Epimetheus’ story comes into place: Zeus asked Athena to make him a daughter, and after she did so, he called her Pandora, and offered her as a wife to Prometheus’ brother. After he accepted, Zeus gave them a beautiful box as a wedding gift, which had a note that read “DO NOT OPEN” which was obeyed for many months. One day while her husband was not home, Pandora’s curiosity got the best of her, so she opened it, and all the terrible things in the world flew out, no matter how fast she closed it. Famine, disease, murder, and much more flew out of the box, making her sad. But following everything, a small bug crawled out of the box, and smiled at the woman. The bug was named