Pandora's Jar

Question 1

Laureate: You said you wanted
jarfuls of hope didnt you?

Answer 1

I think hope feels necessary right now

Question 2

Then I know which one we should tell now. Pass me one of your little jars

Answer 2

Oh yes I know the one

Question 3

After punishing Prometheus for giving fire to humankind, the Goss decided to punish mankind too

Answer 3

What a lovely bunch they were

Question 4

Along with Pandora the gods sent various items and among them a small jar made of clay

Answer 4

The jar came with strict instructions that it should never be opened

Question 5

F: At first Pandora found this easy, she was excited to be living on Earth and was eager to learn all there was to know

Answer 5

However soon the temptation grew and she thought she could hear voices whispering to her from the jar

Question 6

Surely it wouldn’t do any harm to have a peek? What could be in there anyway, its not a very big jar?

Answer 6

It seemed the more she resisted, the more the jar wanted her to open it. It was as if it was speaking to her, saying her name over and over and filling both her waking and dreaming thoughts

Question 7

F: For a moment she wondered if it was in fact empty and the instructions had just been a cruel joke

Answer 7

But the real cruelty was about to happen

Question 8

But the real cruelty was about to happen

Answer 8

Suddenly a cacophony of howls and shrieks came from the jar and brightly coloured vapours flew out and around Pandora’s head

Question 9

Suddenly a cacophony of howls and shrieks came from the jar and brightly coloured vapours flew out and around Pandora’s head

Answer 9

Each vapour took a frightening form and screamed its name in the terrified woman’s ears

Question 10

Each vapour took a frighteningly form and screamed its name in the terrified woman’s ears

Answer 10

“I am sickness”

Question 11

L:I am jealously

Answer 11

I am rage

Question 12

I am hatred

Answer 12

I am conflict

Question 13

I am conflict

Answer 13

Pandora tried desperately to put the lid back on but it was too late, the evils had been released into the world

Question 14

Pandora tried desperately to put the lid back on but it was too late the evils had been released into the world

Answer 14

As she wept she heard another sound from within the jar and braced herself for what was to come

Question 15

As she wept she heard another sound from either the jar and braced herself for what was to come

Answer 15

Only this time it was a gentle whispering sound no screaming

Question 16

F: “Who are you?:

Answer 16

Pandora asked trembling

Question 17

Pandora asked, trembling

Answer 17

The gentle vapour, hovered before her and said simply

Question 18

The gentle vapour hovered before her and said simply

Answer 18

L and B: I am hopd

Question 19

L: before disappearing into the world

Answer 19

There’s always room for hope