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Shelley's Prometheus Unbound : A Critical Analysis And Interpretation, Emily Carol Braxton
Shelley's Prometheus Unbound : A Critical Analysis And Interpretation, Emily Carol Braxton
Master's Theses
As a basis for Prometheus Unbound, which he completed in 1819 and which is his masterpiece, Shelley used Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. Shelley used the Prometheus myth to express his own ideas about present evils and his hopes for man's future as a result of his belief that man was capable of perfectibility.