EN 1700 Lecture Notes - Nuclear Technology, Speculative Fiction, Designer Baby
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Lecture 8 brave new world nov 09. Prometheus was subject to the rule of jupiter. Created life from clay, from the seeds of heaven. Prometheus asked jupiter to give man the gift of fire. Prometheus rebelled stole fire from sun and gave it to mankind. Fire can be seen as spark of life/knowledge. With fire, man had power rise himself over animals/stop shivering/create tools. Punishment: jupiter sais prometheus should be chained to a rock, and every. Jupiter refused. day the eagle would eat out a part of his liver, and each day the liver would grow back and the eagle would return. Prometheus is the metaphor for the overreacher. Overreacher a person that defies the gods a person that dabbles in dangerous knowledge. Prometheus suffered a lot and for a long time until hercules rescued him. Frankenstein book by merry shelly title was the modern prometheus" . Overreacher what you create may turn around and reach havoc on you.
