Question

There is not a torture or an engine wherewithal Zeus can induce me to declare these things, till he has loosed me from these cruel shackles. So let him hurl his smoky lightning flame, and throw in turmoil all things in the world with white-winged snowflakes and deep bellowing thunder beneath the earth: me he shall not bend by all this to tell him who is fated to drive him from his tyranny. (from Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus) 23 How is the tone of this passage best described? A. restless B. challenging and rebellious C. loyal D. patriotic

Answer 1

The correct answer is option B.

Prometheus challenges Zeus to reveal a secret that is more poweful than Zeus himself. He knows Zeus will be offended and will punish him. He has already been chained to a rock, and although he is afraid of Zeus' punishment, he still does not want to give in.