![]() When they arrive, the Hours tell them that since Jupiter’s fall, mankind is free. Earth summons a spirit to guide Prometheus, Asia, and their friends to a temple that was once dedicated to worshipping Prometheus and tells them that they can live there in that cave. Earth describes death to Asia, who does not understand at first because she is immortal. He tells Asia there is a cave where they can be with one another for all time. Hercules frees Prometheus, who thanks him. Ocean and Apollo talk about Jupiter’s fall. However, the elements will not help Jupiter he falls. When Eternity does not answer, Jupiter attacks him. At first, Jupiter seeks Eternity’s mercy, saying that not even Prometheus would make him suffer. He speaks of the rise of Demogorgon, who appears then and says he is Eternity, Jupiter’s child-and therefore more powerful than the sky god. Jupiter and the other gods hold court, and Jupiter claims to have conquered everything but the soul of man. ![]() That is where act 3 takes place-in heaven. On this journey to a mountaintop, Asia undergoes a change that reveals to her that it is through her love that she discovers paradise. The Hours come to transport Asia and Panthea. The cave opens and Demogorgon leaves on his chariot. They talk about how Jupiter rules the universe, and how Prometheus gave humans fire, mining knowledge, speech, science, and medicine. Asia demands the Demogorgon provide her with a name for God. The Demogorgon answers that God created everything, both good and bad. From there, they are sent to the cave of the Demogorgon, where Asia questions the Demogorgon about the world’s creator. They arrive in a forest among spirits and fauns. The Echoes promise that if they do, an unspoken voice will wake in an unknown world. They discuss dreams, and when the Echoes arrive, they follow when beckoned. They talk about life since Prometheus’s fall. In act 2, Oceanid Asia summons her sister Panthea. Spirits come and speak to Prometheus, proclaiming that he will “quell this horseman grim” because of his secret knowledge. He reflects that even though he would never want to be a mortal, there is a promise of peace with death. Thunder rolls and Mercury leaves the Furies begin torturing Prometheus by telling him that they attack humankind for the champion of humankind, this is a great blow indeed, but Prometheus accepts it as part of his martyrdom. Mercury asks Prometheus to reveal the secret that he alone knows-the fate of Jupiter-but Prometheus refuses, even when Mercury offers him freedom and exaltation. Mercury offers him pity but reminds him that he has to oppose him because Prometheus opposed Jupiter. He tells Prometheus that Jupiter has willed a new punishment for Prometheus. Prometheus summons the Phantasm of Jupiter to restate his curse and then repents, but Mercury-the messenger god-arrives with words from Jupiter and the Furies. She tells him that there are two realities-the current reality and the shadow reality. The Earth commiserates with him against Jupiter’s tyranny. As the hawks begin to tear at his flesh for the day, he recounts his suffering and claims that he is greater than Jupiter. When morning dawns, Prometheus cries out against the “Monarch of Gods and Daemons,” who is Jupiter (Zeus in the Greek pantheon). In the first act, Prometheus, the Titan, is bound to a rock. Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a lyrical drama told in four acts.
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