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    Nikita Jigurda and Prometheus rebellions and their deeds Every day we face a choice. To go on a lesson or not‚ to do homework or not‚ to study or go to cinema‚ to be follow advice of the elder or to reject and make your own the choice? Every day we either agree to something or we reject it. And thus we form a society‚ in which each of us sometimes the conformist‚ and sometimes the rebel‚ but who they actually‚ these rebels? Nikita Jigurda and Prometheus are vivid examples of rebels. One is from

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    special in his own way and falls in love with The Golden One‚ who is later is named Liberty 3-5000 then Gaea. Falling in love is also prohibited as well. At the end of the novel‚ Equality is named Prometheus because they both have so much in common yet are different. To begin with‚ both Equality and Prometheus

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    BETWEEN “ETERNAL LIGHT” AND “DARKNESS AND DISTANCE” AS MAIN SYMBOLS IN MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN‚ OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS by Nikolay Valeriev Nikolov Captain Walton is sailing to the “region of beauty and delight‚” which is how he imagines the North Pole. He endeavours to “those undiscovered solitudes” and exclaims: “What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?” He is trying something uncommon for ordinary people on the one hand‚ and something possible

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    brothers‚ Prometheus and Epimetheus were Titans (Giant people) who had fought on the Gods’ side in a war. Some say they were cousins of Zeus‚ king of the gods; he asked Prometheus to create man out of clay and water. Epimetheus had to create the animals and give them their gifts of courage‚ swiftness etc. He gave out all the gifts and had none left for Man. So Prometheus decides to make man stand upright‚ like the gods‚ and give them fire which Zeus did not want them to have. So Prometheus stole fire

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    story of Prometheus‚ from the exert Myths and Legends‚ by James Baldwin‚ Prometheus wanted to help the world of men to be a better place. On his conquest for improvements he wanted to bring fire to mankind. Prometheus asked Zeus if he may bring fire to men. Zeus sternly said no. Zeus believed that man would upraise against the gods if given the chance and fire would help them. Prometheus ended up bringing fire to man anyway‚ that angered Zeus and he planned on punishing both man and Prometheus. Zeus

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    Destiney Hunt April 23‚ 2013 Hook or something interesting to start Prometheus and Gaea are alike to Adam and Eve. They have been dishonest to their society. They have fallen in love with their spouse. They also have a guilty conscience. There are both from two different time periods. In Anthem‚ the council designed the city. They designed humankind and the peoples’ living. In comparison‚ God created Adam and Eve. He created where they lived and restricted the things they were able to do. God

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    Finding Who I Am Prometheus has always felt different. He knew that society never favored him (Simple). He was always an outcast because of his “curse”. However‚ he knew something just didn’t feel right. All his life he has felt no guilt in his “sins”. “What is my joy if all hands‚ even the unclean‚ can reach into it? What is my wisdom‚ if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom‚ if all creatures‚ even the botched and impotent‚ are my masters? What is my life‚ if I am but to bow‚ to

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    allowing for action and interaction to take place and establishing a caste of professional actors (Bloom‚ 45). He let the chorus converse with the characters‚ introduced elaborate costumes and stage designs. Two of Aeschylus’ plays‚ Oresteia and Prometheus Bound‚ illustrate the importance of Chorus and the characteristic concept of "hubris"‚ or excessive pride‚ focusing on man’s social and political consequences in the universe in relation to the Greek gods. Aeschylus was a native of Eleusis‚ a

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    Prometheus is a wise young man. He knows more than most people who live in his world. He might even know more than the scholars. But he is not allowed to step outside of the box and think. His thoughts are being kept confined and when he finally breaks out of the box he is practically forced to leave. Leaving was the best decision for him. Leaving his world allowed him to make his own choices and he could rebel from the rules he was forced to live by his entire life. Prometheus would have found loved

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    Prometheus- had to give qualities to animals -had none left when it came to humans-Prometheus loved humans so he stole fire from the gods -Fire (spark)- spark of creativity/civilization Jupiter was mad‚ and he tortured Prometheus- by making birds come and eat at his liver and he would heal and he would start again Romantics see him as the divine rebel Victor Prometheus - steals back from gods -over reaches -steals from gods Paradise-Lost-God‚(victor)(The monster can manipulate him)

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