Prometheus Bound

The purpose of this research is to examine ways in which the word bound, which has several meanings, resonates thematically in the action of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. The plan of the research will be to set forth multiple meanings of bound and then to discuss ways in which various meanings can be applied to the play.

The OED provides seven discrete major headings for the word bound, only one of which refers to it as being the participial form of the verb bind. In brief, the word is defined as (1) some boundary, or limit, of a specific piece of land (noun); (2) a sudden spring or leap (noun); (3) destined or ready for some (participial verb); (4) as participle of bind, to confine or tie in some way, and this meaning includes such meanings as bowel constriction, obligation or servitude, and the bundling or covering of books (verb); (5) tangential with meanings 1 and 4, marking the boundary or limit of (verb); (6) tangential with meaning 2, to spring forward or leap suddenly (verb); and (7) an aphetic, or truncated, form of the verb abound (verb) (1022). The OED dates meaning 1 earliest (13th century) and identifies its origin as Anglo French. The other meanings begin to emerge in the 14th century. No two

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Approximate Word count = 1189
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)

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