Classical Reception in Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound: Politically, and Stylistically.

Prometheus, by Theodoor Rombouts, 1597–1637, via the Koninklijke Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels. image taken from: https://www.thecollector.com/prometheus-bound-art/

This is an essay which I wrote for a UWA unit on Classical reception if you wish to use any of the information from it please refer to the bibliography for sources.

- Introduction

This essay will focus on the reception of Aeschylus’ Prometheus seen in Shelley’s lyrical drama…