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《the prometheus unbound of _schylus（解放了的普羅米修斯）》由會員上傳分享，免費在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在學(xué)術(shù)論文-天天文庫。
1、PrefaceTheGreektragicwriters,inselectingastheirsubjectanyportionoftheirnationalhistoryormythology,employedintheirtreatmentofitacertainarbitrarydiscretion.Theybynomeansconceivedthemselvesboundtoadheretothecommoninterpretationortoimitateinstoryasintitletheirrivalsandpredecessors.Suchasystem
2、wouldhaveamountedtoaresignationofthoseclaimstopreferenceovertheircompetitorswhichincitedthecomposition.TheAgamemnonianstorywasexhibitedontheAtheniantheatrewithasmanyvariationsasdramas.Ihavepresumedtoemployasimilarlicense.ThePrometheusUnboundof?schylussupposedthereconciliationofJupiterwith
3、hisvictimasthepriceofthedisclosureofthedangerthreatenedtohisempirebytheconsummationofhismarriagewithThetis.Thetis,accordingtothisviewofthesubject,wasgiveninmarriagetoPeleus,andPrometheus,bythepermissionofJupiter,deliveredfromhiscaptivitybyHercules.HadIframedmystoryonthismodel,Ishouldhaved
4、onenomorethanhaveattemptedtorestorethelostdramaof?schylus;anambitionwhich,ifmypreferencetothismodeoftreatingthesubjecthadincitedmetocherish,therecollectionofthehighcomparisonsuchanattemptwouldchallengemightwellabate.But,intruth,IwasaversefromacatastrophesofeebleasthatofreconcilingtheChamp
5、ionwiththeOppressorofmankind.Themoralinterestofthefable,whichissopowerfullysustainedbythesufferingsandenduranceofPrometheus,wouldbeannihilatedifwecouldconceiveofhimasunsayinghishighlanguageandquailingbeforehissuccessfulandperfidiousadversary.Theonlyimaginarybeing,resemblinginanydegreeProm
6、etheus,isSatan;andPrometheusis,inmyjudgment,amorepoeticalcharacterthanSatan,because,inadditiontocourage,andmajesty,andfirmandpatientoppositiontoomnipotentforce,heissusceptibleofbeingdescribedasexemptfromthetaintsofambition,envy,revenge,andadesireforpersonalaggrandizement,which,intheheroof
7、ParadiseLost,interferewiththeinterest.ThecharacterofSatanengendersinthemindaperniciouscasuistrywhichleadsustoweighhisfaultswithhiswrongs,andtoexcusetheformerbecausethelatterexceedallmeasure.Inthemindsofthosewhoconsiderthatmagnificentfictionwithareligiousfeelingiteng
