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Prometheus Unbound

Percy Bysshe Shelley
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44 pages • 1 hour read

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Prometheus Unbound

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1820

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Essay Topics

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Compare Prometheus Unbound to Shelley’s Queen Mab (1813) or The Daemon of the World (1816). How do these works use mythology and allegory to advance a political argument? How are these arguments related?

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Analyze Shelley’s use of natural imagery. How is it representative of the use of nature in the Romantic movement?

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What do the bonds between Ione and Panthea, Panthea and Asia, and Asia and Prometheus suggest about the nature of love? How does Shelley use allegory to make meaning from these relationships?

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