Prometheus Unbound

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

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?

Assess the use of blank and rhyming verse in Prometheus Unbound. Why are these different modes used at different points? What is their significance?

Analyze Shelley’s ideas about the role of poetry in revolution, civilization, and human progress. How does Prometheus Unbound embody these ideas?

Scholars debate the allegorical meaning of many characters in Prometheus Unbound, including the Spirit of the Earth, Panthea, and the Chorus of the Spirits and the Hours. Select a character or group of characters and analyze their identity and significance within the text.

Consider the work as a play. Which aspects of drama does Shelley use to convey his message? Which conventions does he subvert and why?

What is the allegorical, mythic, and poetic significance of wind in Prometheus Unbound?

Compare Shelley’s Prometheus to Milton’s depiction of Satan in Paradise Lost. Where are they aligned? How do they differ?