Pandora's Box Critical Lens

For example, "However, as stories so often shows what elders had said youth disregard ... [Icarus] soared exulting up and up, he payed no need to his fathers anguished commands. Then he fell" (Hamilton 247). Hamilton gave Icarus no motivation other than blatant curiosity as to why he flew too close to the sun. This depicted him as a bemused teenager who had no respect for authority.

The whole conflict is based on whether or not Pandora can control her curiosity and listen to the wise words that tell her she cannot open it. The theme is further installed in the middle of the myth because Pandora can not get the box out of her mind and she does something she would regret. The text shows this when the author writes, “Half fearfully and half eagerly she lifted the

Both myths reason clarify that not following the directions of the knowledgeable ones may lead to consequences. As the story continues, Pandora constantly admires and desires her dowry: “Pandora restrained her curiosity about the wonderful casket. But with the passing of time, she could not help wondering what it might contain” (Retold by Untermeyer 479). This is shown to be important because Pandora is fighting against her directions. Although she is aware that she cannot open the casket, she can’t fight off her curiosity.

For example, Helen on the Wall explores how one woman was able to bring so much violence and discord upon men. This reminded us greatly of the story of Pandora. When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took revenge on him by giving Pandora to Prometheus' brother, Epimetheus. Zeus gave Pandora a jar and told her she was not to open it. However, Pandora became curious and opened the jar.

Pandora’s Box had some differences

She was created as a punishment for Prometheus and as a gift to Epimetheus, Pandora was given a box that she was instructed not to open. However Zeus gifted Pandora the “gift” of curiosity, whether it is a gift or not it is open for interpretation, but in this situation, it is not. Pandora’s curiosity over the box she was given increased as time passed, and she even started to hear voices coming from the box. The curiosity overcame her and of course, she opened the box, when opening the box that Zeus gave her that he used to store all of the ills of the world, they all spilled out harming her on their way out of the

Then I notice the final piece of art in this museum which was a big box painted with African symbols. This box made me think of Pandora’s Box but this box is open. According to the Pandora’s Box legend an individual is not supposed to open the box unless they want to deal with their inner deep desires. Ironically, inside off this box there were letterers and envelopes of what could consist of people’s personal

The box shows wear from the time that it has endured. Except for the fact that the box is not the original artifact. It is known however, that the box is older than even the oldest man in the town. The black box shows foreshadowing as one would not expect that a lottery of a different sorts would be that decayed. Another usage of foreshadowing was a small conversation between a man and a woman.

The box also speaks for the fading tradition of the lottery. While this town continues to hold the annual sacrifice other communities have given up this practice. The box is “no longer completely black, but splintered badly along one side” (2). It is in terrible shape showing how this society is

Imagine a world where a box contained evil and horrific things. The gods sent a woman named pandora to be Epimetheus to be his wife but this was a trick. The gods trusted Epimetheus with the awful feelings and things in this world to care for and not open. However, Pandora opened the box and her actions affected others, advancing the plot, and developing the theme of guilt. Pandora's actions affected those around her and especially Epimetheus.

The box serves as the only true connection to the beginning of the first lottery. Even though the box is worn out and aged, the village people do not want to disrupt the longtime tradition by changing it. The implication of the box in the story, and similar “boxes” today has with society, is that it is not only a significantly esteemed artifact, but simultaneously a significant hindrance to improving ethics as a people. The narrator explains that “The rest of the year, the box was put way, sometimes one place, sometimes another; it had spent one year in Mr. Graves's barn and another year underfoot in the post office. and sometimes it was set on a shelf in the Martin grocery and left there” (Jackson 389).

How do boxes make decisions for you? If you read on you will see why according to the story “What’s Inside” by Avi. This story is about the narrator who had to make boxes for his school project. He had loved it a lot so he made two for his parents for Christmas. For the Christmas party he saw his cousin, Danny, staring at the boxes.

Curiosity can be very powerful and get one into trouble if they let it, which is exactly what happened to Pandora. Pandora didn’t have full control over her curiosity as it was gifted to her by Zeus and was very powerful. She couldn’t resist the urge to see what was in the box, and without knowing the harm that would come with its opening, she didn’t see any problem with it. Had Pandora known what the box held, she may not have felt such a strong need to open it, and all could have been

The Black Box is very important because the towns peoples feel as if they must follow through with the tradition of using it every year even though the box gets in a worsening position year after year. “Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done.” every year the traditions, or they’ll go back to the stone age. The black box has a very powerful meaning . Mr. Werner, the eldest man of the town claims its a must do in the city, he feels as if horrible consequences will be put upon if they don’t go through with the lottery.

However, the townspeople just brush off the subject and nothing gets done. The reason why the villagers do not want to make a new box is because “no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. ”1 With that reason, readers can infer that the townspeople do not want to give up their tradition. If they are reluctant on changing