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A 5 page paper which examines a common theme or issue in Lord Byron’s “Prometheus,” Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstien,” and Keats’ “Ode on Melancholy.” The theme examined is despair. No additional sources cited.
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theme that is often seen in different forms of the written word. In Lordy Byrons poem "Prometheus," Mary Shelleys novel "Frankenstein," and Keats poem "Ode on Melancholy" we are presented
with different forms of despair. The following paper examines each literary work separately as it involves the theme of despair, and then concludes with a summary/discussion of how they all
address the same theme of despair. Prometheus In understanding Lord Byrons Prometheus it is perhaps important to note that the character of Prometheus is actually an ancient individual, a
Titan who is chained and then tortured by Zeus. His crime was stealing fire from heaven and then giving it to mankind. From this perspective we can see that, as
a Titan, he is something of a beast, a powerful beast. In the poem by Lord Byron we see his despair. This despair is seen through his unique being
and through the suffering he endures. Lord Byron states, "The sufferings of mortality,/ Seen in their sad reality....A silent suffering, and intense....The suffocating sense of woe,/ Which speaks but in
its loneliness" (Byron 203, 6, 10-11). In this there is a very powerful sense of despair as the Titan is punished for something that was essentially good. He suffers and
pains and sees the sadness and realities around him, urging him into a state of despair. In the end there is an understanding that the Titan possesses a very
"firm will/ Which even in torture can descry" Byron 55-56). His despair has turned to something of a victory: "Its own concenterd recompense,/ Triumphant where it dares defy,/ And making
Death a Victory" (Byron 57-59). The despair is real and is focused on the lost souls that are humans and on the suffering experienced by the Titan. But, in the
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