Attention: Shelley's poems are full of longing for the world of truth, goodness and beauty, resentment against tyranny and deep sympathy for human suffering, which embodies Shelley's noble nature of sensitively and keenly capturing, experiencing and comprehending all beautiful things. He warmly appealed to human beings to live freely, love freely, enjoy the gifts of nature and enjoy all the gifts of nature.
18 19, Shelley wrote Prometheus Liberated, a representative poetic drama, which showed people's longing for the future of utopian socialism after defeating tyranny. Prometheus is a giant in ancient Greek mythology. He stole fire from the sky and gave it to mankind, which angered Zeus, the main god. He was tied to the Caucasus Mountain and endured the pain of eagles pecking at internal organs every day.
The first act of the poetic drama describes Prometheus who was bound and endured long-term pain, but he refused to surrender to the tyrant. The second act describes the experience of Maria, the daughter of the sea who has been away from Prometheus for a long time, tirelessly running around to save her lover. Beautiful and pure Asia is convinced that justice will eventually overcome evil, and has a premonition that it will meet Prometheus one day.
The third act depicts Pluto, the son of Zeus, who symbolizes the inevitability of change and pushes Zeus from the throne of heaven to the abyss of hell. Hercules, the god of power, liberated Prometheus. The last scene of this poetic drama depicts the whole universe cheering for new life and the return of spring. The old days are buried, and the spirit of the times and human thinking celebrate and sing the brilliant achievements of mankind in the future.
Poetry art and science will be enjoyed by people, "love" will replace "fear", the earth will become a paradise, and gentleness, virtue, wisdom and patience will rebuild the earth. The image of the protagonist Prometheus in the poem reflects Shelley's rebellious spirit against feudal autocracy and religious superstition. Through this myth, the author vividly exposed the pain and disaster brought by autocratic rule to the people and attacked the evil of British autocratic rule.
Bruto's defeat of Zeus implied the inevitability of overthrowing the old system. At the same time, Prometheus' optimism, tolerance and gentleness after three thousand years' suffering also embodies Shelley's moral standard: universal and eternal love is a good medicine to dissolve hatred and save the world.