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Read the excerpt from "Prometheus Unbound" by
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
SCENE A Ravine of Icy Rocks in the Indian
Caucasus. Prometheus is discovered bound to
the Precipice.* Time, night. During the
Scene, morning slowly breaks.
Prometheus.
Monarch of Gods and Dæmons, and all Spirits
But One, who throng those bright and rolling worlds
Which Thou and I alone of living things
Behold with sleepless eyes! regard this Earth
Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou
Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise,
And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts,
With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.**
*very steep rock face or cliff
**Jupiter has chained Prometheus to the face of a
Which element does Peabody change most in her
adaptation?
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the main character
the genre
the primary setting
the plot