- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
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This quote occurs as Hephaistos is binding Prometheus to the rock, and it is significant because it again highlights Prometheus’s love and willingness to suffer for his creation. This passage also introduces Heracles, whom Prometheus later describes in more detail as the god who will eventually free him. Until then, Prometheus’s punishment will be especially harsh; he will be exposed to the elements, and while his location is remote, strangers may still happen upon him and mock him. Notably, this is one of the earliest uses of the word “philanthropy,” which aptly describes Prometheus’s intentions. He is concerned only with…