- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
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- Cymbeline
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- Henry IV, Part 2
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- A Lover's Complaint
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- Measure for Measure
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As Panthea and Asia get closer to the Demogorgon’s lair, they are drawn down into a swoon that will take them through the final step of the journey. A chorus of voices urges them not to resist because their actions are necessary to fulfill the prophecy that will unseat Jupiter from power.
Panthea and Asia must give into “weakness” to fulfill the prophecy. This reflects Shelley’s message that real strength exists in acts of love, sacrifice, and passive resistance, rather than through acts of aggression, power seeking, or violence. The idea that there is “strength in meekness” also mirrors Christ’s…