How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #10
PROMETHEUS. O my honoured mother, O Sky around whom rolls the light that shines on all, see how unjustly I suffer! (1080-1093)
These are the closing lines of the play. They show us the crowning moment of Prometheus's defeat—or triumph, depending on how you look at it. Sure, it's a defeat from the perspective of the ordinary human who doesn't want to be buried for hundreds of years in the depths of the earth, only to be hauled out so that his or her liver can be pecked out daily by a vulture for more hundreds of years. But, to Prometheus, it's also a triumph, because he's managed to stay true to himself. Hm, someone getting in trouble with the law to show how unjust those laws are? We can think of a few more examples.