Greek Mythical Character: Goddess Pandora

Pandora: The first mortal goddess The Pandora’s Box myth focuses much of its efforts towards exploring the curiosity which intrigues individuals of all gender (both men and women). Immediately Pandora decides to open the box given to her by her father, the outcomes are vivid depictions of her being a woman who brought evil to the world as well as the essence of creating an understanding of why she is rather scared of being discovered by her father. The intrinsic value of the Greek myth in this case is that curiosity has the ability of taking over the body. However, when people are warned against taking certain actions, they need not take it.

The practical thoughts of Pandora were essentially incorrect and the thoughts therein were fundamental revelations of the worst outcomes possible (the unexpected). Most critics are for the opinion that it is rather divergent from that in the book (Chasing Davis: An Atheist’s Guide to Morality Using Logic and Science, 14-69). They add that as going through Pandora’s Box enables the reader to learn how earthly hardship came into being, they maintain that it is substantially interesting that any woman would becomes a source of blame for various controversies in the mythical story which is comparable to Eve’s actions in the Judeo-Christian tradition. The society continues to associate this story with the Biblical story of Adam and Eve. In their understanding, Eve is seen to have brought ruin to the utopia in which humans lived once. There are a number of moral lessons that the society can adopt through this story.

The theme of retribution is also recurrent in demonstrating various times and trends in the mythology as it is brandished in the myth of Pandora’s Box. In myths, the Greek gods appear to lash out acridly the moment they feel that they are betrayed in which Pandora’s case is not an exempted. She was purposely sent to the world in order to have her curiosity drive her into opening the box. This myth also provides a manifestation of Zeus’s intelligence. Both the gods and mortals come into an understanding that the power of the god and subsequent fear for his power expressed in Pandora’s lap by leaving the blunder enables him avoid taking the fault for allowing evil into the world (Chasing Davis: An Atheist’s Guide to Morality Using Logic and Science, 14-69). Other scholars’ interpretations of this myth are rather analogous to this one. They are for the opinion that the story constantly revolves around having to shift blame to women for all the faults found in the world. Further, they are esteemed that the myth Pandora was initiated for failure in the long run. Zeus was a clever individual as he had curiosity instilled in her during her creating while at the same time knowing that such a trait could be one of the ultimate elements that his plan works. Zeus gives Pandora a box filled with evil in the hope that it will subsequently enter the world. Through opening the box up, all blame rests on her and Zeus appears to be the good guy. Zeus showcases this role as being the caring father even as Prometheus portrays traits of evil and finds her to be an individual with purer intentions (Epimethius). Zeus was in the knowledge that that if they were in any case to get married to Prometheus, his plan could have tragically failed.

My interpretation of this myth is rather opposing to that of others. The myth offers the society a detailed explanation of how evil emerged and offers an expression of the many meanings and values. The Pandora’s Box is a critically interesting and morally ascertained story which offers an interpretation of a wide range of different meanings to diverse people. Most audiences believe that the purpose of the myth was to illustrate that aspects of curiosity continue building on all mankind across all walks of life and that it is an element that never changes. The outcomes are essentially heart wrenching and at the same time, beautiful. Pandora’s Box thoroughly highlights on the fact that there are immense amounts of intrinsically motivated curiosity in different people, and that people who came into contact with Pandora box could have opened it in one way or another just as she did (Chasing Davis: An Atheist’s Guide to Morality Using Logic and Science, 14-69). This interprets the beginning of evil in the society and attaches a vivid explanation to each of the controversial aspects in the world. Faith is probably one of the most dynamically important moral themes in Greek mythology. In one consideration, the people listening to the myths need to believe in some way that they have some truth in them in order for to make them meaningful. Humans, both those used in the myths and those serving as audiences to the myths generally go further to establish a theory of belief which the gods are in actual existence.

Characters defying or angering their respective gods face severe punishment while those honoring and praising the gods secure rewards for themselves. Establishing faith for a given prophecy is profoundly relevant in seeking to circumvent it. Faith indeed appears in a more nuanced occasion that has much to do with belief and trust. By contrast, Pandora does not find forgiveness the moment she loses her faith in keeping the secret box shut from the world (Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children’s Literature, 23-67). This myth reinforces the moral theme that obedience needs not be misused or broken. The Greek playwright works written around 500 b.c., have a major appreciation for a complex, rich social and ethical framework in which their sensitivity is made on many profound human issues and conditions. The plays’ protagonists are caught in circles of circumstances that are beyond their control and have to essentially face these situations and at the same time, arrive at moral decisions of direct outcomes to both them and others. Most scholars are for the opinion that the Greek tragedies are as sophisticated in their writing and psychology as all forms of literature penned since.

There are several dimensions relating to humankind creation and the emergence of sin in the society. In one, the wise Prometheus and Epimetheus, his scatterbrained brother, are left in charge of creating humans. While Epimetheus recklessly goes about the job and gives the useful capabilities to animals, Prometheus provides humans with a shape of the gods and later instills the most valuable gift of all which is fire that he had taken from heaven. Further, Prometheus offers sufficient help to men through tricking Zeus to accept some of the poorly developed parts of animals as sacrificial offertory from men (Chasing Davis: An Atheist’s Guide to Morality Using Logic and Science, 14-69). Prometheus is tortured by Zeus as a form of punishment to him for having stolen fire as well as intimidating him to tell a secret which is the mother’s identity whose child could one day overthrow him (as he had Cronus). In the Caucasus, Zeus goes ahead to chain Prometheus to a rock where each day, eagles could come and tear at parts of his insides.

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