Read the excerpt from "Prometheus Unbound" by
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
SCENE.-A Ravine of Icy Rocks in the Indian
Caucasus. Prometheus is discovered bound to the
Precipice.* Panthea and lone are seated at his feet.
Time, night. During the Scene, morning slowly breaks.
Prometheus.
Monarch of Gods and Dæmons, and all Spirits
But One, who throng those bright and rolling worlds
Which Thou and I alone of living things
Behold with sleepless eyes! regard this Earth
Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou
Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise,
And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts,
With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.
Whilst me, who am thy foe, eyeless in hate,
Hast thou made reign and triumph, to thy scorn,
Which statement best explains how Peabody's
adaptation maintains the theme "Suffering is a
necessary part of love"?
It changes the message by explaining how
Prometheus fights back, is freed from his
punishment, and defeats Zeus.
O It challenges the theme by describing how
humankind is made to suffer instead of Prometheus.
O It keeps the theme by explaining that Prometheus is
tortured because he cares for humankind.
OIt rejects the message by describing how
Prometheus avoids his punishment by running away.
