Read the excerpt from "Prometheus Unbound" by
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
[Prometheus.]
The crawling glaciers pierce me with the spears
Of their moon-freezing crystals, the bright chains
Eat with their burning cold into my bones.
Heaven's winged hound, polluting from thy lips
His beak in poison not his own, tears up
My heart; and shapeless sights come wandering by,
The ghastly people of the realm of dream,
Mocking me: and the Earthquake-fiends are charged
To wrench the rivets from my quivering wounds
When the rocks split and close again behind"
"Jupiter has chained Prometheus to the face of a
steep cliff to be tortured for all eternity as punishment
for giving humans fire. (Note: Jupiter and Zeus are the
same god; the only difference is the name. Jupiter is
Based on these excerpts, which statement
best describes how Peabody's adaptation changes
Prometheus's situation?
O Prometheus gets relief from his circumstances.
O Prometheus endures fewer punishments.
O Prometheus is unable to withstand his pain.
O Prometheus is looked upon kindly by others.