Pandora Research Paper

In the story Pandora, Zeus gives Pandora a jar of everything terrible that you could ever imagine. Zeus told Pandora whatever she does to do not open it. So of course what does she do, she opens it. Which Then release many terrible things into mankind like diseases and poverty. Pandora knew after she did it that it was a very bad idea. She knew this decision would have some life altering decisions. The only thing left in the box once everything else came out was hope because it was to keep people going when things were bad. This story just shows that one decision you make big or small can have a be affect of everyone. Just something as simple as someone telling you you will pay if you open it, so please don’t but you still do it anyways. Always think before you do and think about who it might affect in the process and question yourself if you are really willing to hurt them in that process.

The story of Pandora is one of the main stories mentioned in Works and Days. Pandora was created as a punishment for men by Zeus because Prometheus tricked Zeus and stole back the gift of fire after Zeus deprived mankind from it. Hence, he ordered Hephaestus to craft a creature out of clay that Athena then supplied with ‘womanly skill’ of weaving while Aphrodite was in charge of ‘pouring grace’ desire and heartbreak. Hermes added ‘thievish nature’ and the ‘mind of a bitch.’ Since she was given all these gifts

The myth of Pandora starts with two brothers, Epimetheus and Prometheus, who were Titans that tasked themselves as spokespeople for their creation from clay: mankind. Epimetheus was in charge of creating the creatures that were to roam the Earth while Prometheus was to distribute them. While most animals were armed or protected by their physical attributes, man stood alone naked and bear to all those that may attack. Thus, Prometheus, the mischevious of the two, deceived Zeus one day into giving mankind the best portion of a sacrificed bull, leaving behind bare bones and fats for the gods. Outraged and offended, Zeus then took the gift of fire away from mankind to leave them in the cold and darkness. However, Prometheus once again outwitted Zeus and stole unwearying fire for men to have the intelligence necessary to sustain their lives. As punishment, Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock in Caucasus where an eagle ripped apart and devoured his liver every day, which then regenerated each nightfall as result of his immortality. Although Prometheus caused him the most angst, Zeus believed the kind-hearted Epimetheus deserved to struggle as well in a form that would not only punish him but also the brothers’ creation of mankind. Zeus called out for Hephaestus to construct the most beautiful, intelligent, and brave women named Pandora to be the new companion of Epimetheus in place of Prometheus. However, he also graced her with one other quality: curiosity. So, Zeus delivered his

“Zeus, angry with Prometheus for stealing fire and giving it to man, had the gods create another gift, a woman of great beauty and evil, from whom womankind is descended… she opens a jar from which pains and evils escape, leaving only hope caught within the lid.”(Murray 91). Murray shows the direct link between the actions of Prometheus and Pandora, as does Hesiod, but Murray accomplishes this actively through analysis of the events, whereas Hesiod does so in an additional passive sense, through the use of structure in the Theogony.

Pandora was born into a long line of necromancers, which gives her family a higher chance to become born with dark powers in their DNA. In Pandora's case, she was one of the many souls in her family name whom didn't turn out to have the dark power in their blood. While her family and herself didn't have a problem with this fate, her other relatives would often shame her family for their daughter and father not being a 'pure blood'. This caused Pandora's parents to become disowned from their family tree and forced by law to live by the surname, strange due to a lawsuit that her relatives had won. This caused Apollonia and Jayson to keep Pandora away from others who had mage-like abilities due to their fear that she would grow up to despise all

She is not the classical image of a meddlesome woman, but she is exalted for the same tropes womankind is condemned for usually. She is a good woman by the standards set forth by Greek literature as she stays faithful to Odysseus during his entire absence. As she is using the same cunning bestowed upon Pandora to be a plague upon mankind so is also using it to stay faithful to one singular man. However, from the viewpoint of the suitors, who comprise a generous portion of the public on Ithaca, she is a plague that ruins their plans. They claim that she has been lying and deceiving them, as she convinced them to let her weave a shroud for her father first before deciding then “every day she would weave at the great loom, and every night she would unweave by torchlight” (113-114).

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In this passage Hesiod turned the meaning of Pandora’s name around to symbolize the evils she brought into the world when she opened the jar. The primary function of the Pandora myth is to explain why men in the Iron Age ca. 700 B.C.E had to work. As the myth is elaborated, so is the figure of Pandora. There is an interesting contrast between the two Pandora’s in the Theogony she poses a threat only in so much as she creates women; in Works and Days Pandora poses the threat herself. Though Pandora is widely known for this aspect there are no known Hesiodic Pandora depictions aside from scenes depicting her creation. This White-Group Cup by the Tarquinia painter (Fig. 1) depicts a portion from Works and Days in which she is being given gifts

but then there was also hope inside it. So it makes you wonder if Zeus was trying to harm mankind or protect them since he could have given Pandora that box to instil patience and honesty into her mind and not really meant to punish her hence the reason why hope was included in the box. So it just goes to show that Zeus helped but mostly brought destruction to

Prometheus is given a (possibly) eternal torment, to be chained to a column and have his liver torn out daily. His brother Epimetheus is given what we may infer is punishment of comparable magnitude: the first woman. In the Works and Days, we learn she is called Pandora, "The Gift of All." This gift comes with many alluring qualities: she looks "like a goddess immortal, having the lovely shape of a virgin," she is taught by Athena weaving, and Aphrodite has"shed on her charm, …mak[ing] her an object of painful love and exhausting desire" (Theogony, 62-66). She is dressed by Athena in a "silver-white gown (575) and adorned by the Graces and "our Lady Persuasion" with golden necklaces, and crowned by Horai with flowers, as well as an intricately crafted golden crown, which, while a "marvel to look at," depicts "terrible monsters." And if these charms aren’t enough to lure a man into the clutches of woman, men who do not marry and have progeny are doomed to "baneful old age with no one to care for his needs,"(604-5) and his collateral heirs will divide his goods.

Pandora was the first woman Greek goddess created. She was the first woman created by Zeus. Pandora has many painted of her but one of the most popular of them all “Pandora.” She also has businesses named after her such as Pandora Jewelry.

She received a box that contained the evil in the world. Pandora was told not to open this box, but she did anyway because of her curiosity. She let out all of the evil that you see in the world today. The myths, Pandora and Pandora Echoes may have similarities, but they have their own tone, interpretation of Hope, and making of Pandora.

In Hesiod’s Works and Days he goes on to describe how Zeus would take the joy out of life from mankind by creating women. Hesiod also discusses this in Theogony as well. Prometheus is able to trick Zeus and thereby stole fire to give to mankind. Zeus was greatly angered by this and decided

Created to cause the downfall to mankind, Pandora, was produced with deception in mind. She was fashioned to look similar to a goddess, armed with fine graces and beauty, she was the epitome of all things nice and pleasant. However her whole existence was created to ensure the destruction of men. As stated by Zeus the king of all gods, "But I will give men as the price for fire an evil thing in which they may all be glad of heart while they embrace their own destruction."(7) Pandora was fabricated out of nothing with the main purpose of deception. She was a living, walking trap ready to ensnare anyone willing to fall victim to her charms. As the first female human to be created in Greek mythology, Pandora plays a key role in the future depiction

Second, Prometheus and Epimetheus gave Pandora the box. They gave to her because they loved her. Pandora opened the box and let out evil spirits. The box supposedly led to bad things. The brothers did regret giving it to her in the end. Although this story is in fact fiction it does hold important insight