In the play Othello?

Question

In the play, who is Promethius?

Answer 1

Promethius was the god in Greek myth who stole fire from the other gods to give it to mankind:

"Othello tries to focus on the steps he must take: "Put out the light, and then put out the light" (5.2.7). All he has to do is blow out the candle, then kill her, but another thought stops him. He looks at the candle and says to it, "If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, / I can again thy former light restore, / Should I repent me" (5.2.7-10). A "minister" is a servant, one who carries out the orders of others. The candle, the "flaming minister," is completely at Othello's command; once he blows out the light, he can easily light it again if he decides he has made a mistake. But Desdemona is not a candle, though the whiteness of her skin shines in the night. Othello, looking at her, says, "but once put out thy light, / Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, / I know not where is that Promethean heat / That can thy light relume [rekindle]" (5.2.10-13). Today the word "cunning" connotes deceit, but Othello is not using the word in that sense. A thing that is "cunning" has been made with great, even magical, knowledge. And a "pattern" is an original, something which can only be imitated, not equaled. Othello feels he is about to destroy a woman who is so wonderful that nature will never produce another like her. To bring her back to life after he kills her would require the fire that Prometheus stole from the gods.

Othello knows he is not Prometheus. He says, "When I have pluck'd the rose, / I cannot give it vital growth again. / It must needs wither: I'll smell it on the tree" (5.2.13-15). (At this point editors usually put in the stage direction "Kisses her." Although Shakespeare didn't write the stage direction, we know that Othello does kiss her because at the very end of the play his dying words are "I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this; / Killing myself, to die upon a kiss" (5.2.358-359). He kisses her and his struggle to be cruel becomes even more difficult. He says,


In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, "forethought") is a Titan known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals for their use. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with (or blamed for) playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind.
Perhaps the most famous treatment of the Prometheus myth can be found in the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound -- traditionally (but uncertainly) attributed to the 5th-century BC Greek tragedian Aeschylus. The drama is likely the first play of the otherwise non-extant Prometheia trilogy. At the center of the drama are Prometheus' theft of fire and his subsequent punishment by Zeus"

Answer 2

while Othello became first carried out, he became performed via a white guy in black face. the 1st black guy to play Othello became Paul Robeson interior the 1940's. ultimate of success interior the essay

Answer 3

Othello by William Shakespeare

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Answer 4

(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him.

shakespeare sucks, btw.