Pandora's Box: What the Myth Means Today

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.

However, once Pandora arrived she brought with her countless suffering, illness and hardships. This is significant as according to this poem, woman is portrayed as the being the reason behind all the sufferings in this world. This sets the tone for the rest of the poem as the idea that females are dangerous to males is repeated several times throughout. Pandora brings with her a jar, famously known as Pandora’s box. This box when opened releases a myriad of illnesses and misfortunes amongst mankind. Hesiod mentions that one item, hope, did not escape the jar, “only hope was left within her unbreakable house.” Hesiod does not mention why hope remained in the jar and what significance it has but after reading the whole poem, one can conclude that hope remaining in the jar signifies how men have no hope against women, for without them, they would die alone but with them they have to withstand their conniving

There are many allusions to Pandora in modern day life. In this report I will be writing about all of the different ways Pandora is incorporated in todays society. Pandora was the first woman on earth and she was created by Zeus as a punishment to Prometheus. Zeus gave Pandora and a box to Epimetheus and told him not to open it. Pandora and Epimetheus lived a happy life together in a world where no one grew old or sick. Later in life Pandora grew curious and she opened the box releasing hate, jealousy, cruelty, anger, hunger, poverty, pain, sickness, old age, and death into the world. With all of the horrible things, one good thing came out of the box, that thing was Hope. Hope made it possible for humans to have a chance at happiness.

The two myths “Loo-Wit The Firekeeper” and “Pandora’s Box” may have different origins, but they both share many of the same qualities. For example, they both had symbols and objects that represented the theme of their stories. The theme in “Loo-Wit The Firekeeper” was that we want what we don’t have because humans are naturally curious and sometimes greedy. A symbol that represented these theme was fire. The text states on page 482 “You must keep the fire burning there to remind people that their hearts must stay good”. This represents the theme because later in the story when the brothers start quarrelling again, the creator takes away the fire and gives it to Loo-wit. This causes the two brothers to realize that the quarrelling

Back in the 18th century or even the 19th century in order to share information people would have to send letters or write them in a book to get published by a publishing company. Fast forward to the 20th century information can be shared in seconds just by clicking a few keyboards and hitting “enter”. The internet has become a pathway for information to fly through and with the internet comes great innovation that ranges from: air missiles to robots that will clean your house. The internet has brought our society great knowledge and opportunities but also some believe the internet has brought grave danger to our society. One of those firm believers is Chuck Klosterman, author of “Electric Funeral”. Klosterman address the people of the internet,

we can trust this article because it is a very particular focus. I believe the authors intensions for writing this article is to inform the readers of opening Pandora's box. Pandora's name means all gifts. she was the first women created by Zeus to punish mortal men and

The author compares the difference from the past and the present and how the internet has changed not only himself, but others and the way that they are able to understand and focus due to the long-term use of the web. While comparing the past and the present the author gathers information from well know writers that feel the same way about the effects of the web. The author's choice of personal experiences, vivid imagery and analysis backed by research hook the reader and persuades them to believe that today's technology is causing mainly problems.

Over the years, technology has developed into something that we cannot live without. Society is constantly being dictated and reshaped by the newest technology. In Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, he expounded on the uncomfortable sense that someone, or something was tinkering with his brain. He realized that he’s not thinking the way he used to. Additionally, he explains how our brains aren’t familiar with critical thinking anymore. He also introduces the idea that the Internet is doing more harm to us than good. I believe Carr’s ideas on the negative effects of the Internet are well founded. The validity surrounds us daily.

Each was terrible in appearance, and as it passed, Pandora saw something of the misery that her thoughtless action had brought on her descendants.” In this passage from the story you can find the theme and symbolism. The theme is that you need to listen to what you are told even when something may seem like a good idea, because they probably told you not to do it for a good reason. The passage also shows how the box symbolizes how something may seem good and beautiful, but its true nature is destructive.When the author wrote Prometheus and the First People she was trying to inform you about Greek mythology. She wanted you to know about the stories of how the Greek’s believe we were made and show that not everything is as it seems. “One declares that he was created in the age of Kronos,1 or Saturn, who ruled before Zeus. At that time, the legend says, there was no sorrow, toil, sickness, or age. Men lived their lives in plenty and died as though they went to sleep.” “Another legend declares that Zeus conceived of animals first and he entrusted their creation to Prometheus and Epimetheus, his brother. First, Epimetheus undertook to order all things, but he was a heedless person and soon got into

Pandora- Pandora was a beautiful girl who was molded out of earth by Hephaestus for Zeus to send her down to earth and release an evil upon man for having fire. She was given a box that had all the evil of the world, which with the curiosity that she was built with curiosity, enticed her to open it. When she opened it all the evils spread all over the world. In nervousness she closes the box leaving only hope inside. In myth it sands that she represents the evil that woman bring upon the world.

People are introduced to a new technological advancement almost everyday. Some of them make our lives easier; however, every good thing has a bad side. Some influential events may be causes of really adverse effects on the way of our lives. Without doubt, invention of the Internet is one of the most powerful events world-wide. Thanks to the Internet, lots of things such as communication, research, bank transactions, shopping, etc. can be done within just a couple of seconds. While the Internet provides us these incredible conveniences, some negates would be inevitable on people. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, published by The Atlantic Magazine, in 2008, Nicholas Carr talks about these adverse affects of the Internet. He claims that the internet is changing our research habits and the way we reach information in a negative manner.

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

The allegory of the cave proposed by Plato includes the representation of the levels of knowledge. As we get closer to the exit, we get more knowledgeable and wiser we get, thus becoming better selves. Literature represents part of this knowledge, it has been a fundamental part of understanding our society, and has archived and developed the events and thoughts that made the world in which we live today. The more we read, the more we understand about us as well as learning from other peoples’ experiences. Literature has gathered all the information we know so far and has brought us out of the cave by showing us how humanity has evolved the we know it.

The Internet is a connection of computers across the world through a network. Its origin dates back to the 1960s when the U.S Military used it for research, but it became more available to the public from the late 1980s. The World Wide Web was created in 1989 and browsers began appearing in the early 1990s. Over the last 24 years, the Internet has enabled people to shop, play, do research, communicate and conduct business online. It has also become cheaper and faster in performing different tasks. As much as the Internet has done immeasurable good to society, it has also dominated people’s lives and brought with it an array of cybercrimes. According to Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way we Think,