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The hero is Prometheus subjected to perpetual torture, in a ravine on Mount Caucasus, because he stole fire for mankind; on one hand Prometheus is forced to suffer atrocious pains such as a volture which comes to prey daily on his heart, on the other he asks Jupiter to increase the intensity of the pains. In this way he proves that even the most powerful god has no power over him.

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"Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (read by Michael Sheen)

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The crawling glaciers pierce me with the spears
Gli striscianti ghiacciai mi trafiggono con le lance
Of their moon-freezing crystals; the bright chains
Dei loro cristalli lunari gelidi; le lucenti catene
Eat with their burning cold into my bones.
Mangiano con il loro bruciante freddo le mie ossa.
Heaven's wingèd hound, polluting from thy lips
Un cane da caccia alato celeste, profanando dalle tue labbra
His beak in poison not his own, tears up
Il suo becco nel veleno non suoproprio, lacera
My heart; and shapeless sights come wandering by,
Il mio cuore; e scene informi vengono vagando,
The ghastly people of the realm of dream,
Le orribili persone del regno dei sogni,
Mocking me; and the Earthquake-fiends are charged
Burlandosi di me; e demoni di terremoto sono incaricati
To wrench the rivets from my quivering wounds
Di strappare i chiodi dalle mie tremanti ferite
When the rocks split and close again behind;
Quando le rocce si spaccano e si chiudono nuovamente dietro (di me);
While from their loud abysses howling throng
Mentre dai loro rumorosi abissi ululando si affollano
The genii of the storm, urging the rage
I geni della tempesta, incitando la furia
Of whirlwind, and afflict me with keen hail.
Del turbine, e mi affliggono con grandine acuta.  [...]

Fiend, I defy thee! with a calm, fixed mind,
Demonio, ti sfido! con una calma, fissa mente,
All that thou canst inflict I bid thee do;
Tutto ciò che tu puoi infliggere ti invito a farlo;
Foul tyrant both of Gods and humankind,
Cattivo tiranno sia degli Dei che dell’umanità,
One only being shalt thou not subdue.
Solo un essere (umano) non sottometterai.
Rain then thy plagues upon me here,
Fa piovere dunque le tue pestilenze su di me qui,
Ghastly disease, and frenzying fear;
Orrenda malattia, e frenetica paura;
And let alternate frost and fire
E fa che l’alternarsi del gelo e del fuoco
Eat into me, and be thine ire
Mi mangino, e sia la tua ira
Lightning, and cutting hail, and legioned forms
Fulmine, e tagliente grandine, e forme a legioni
Of furies, driving by upon the wounding storms.
Di furie, che passano sulle tempeste che feriscono.
Ay, do thy worst! Thou art omnipotent.
Si, fa del tuo peggio! Tu sei onnipotente.
O'er all things but thyself I gave thee power,
Su tutte le cose eccetto te stesso ti do potere (autorità),
And my own will.
E la mia propria volontà.

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The poem is composed of 7 parts, made up of 4 three-line stanzas and a two-line one. The rhyme scheme is ABA BCB CDC DED EE

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The hero is a symbol of man's resistance to and rebellion against political despotism; he doesn't relents in his resistance and shows himself to be the champion of mankind who never ceases to aspire to intellectual perfection and spiritual liberty. The position taken by the main character reflects Shelley's own beliefs, he matured the idea that there is evil in society because of man's imperfection. Thus man is obliged to pursue happiness through love rather than simply give up the fight.

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This poem is one of Shelley's most lyrical poetic prophecies. the subject is the need of revolution, to renew a dead and currupt world full of suffering and injustice. The wind is the force of renewal itself.
Shelley was surely influenced by the utopian radicalism of William Godwin (his wife's father)who was an atheist and a anarchic. Godwin's philosophy claims that all humans were naturally equal and governments create inequalities.
The wind in the poem is represented in many ways: first is a breath, then a trumpet call, then a spirit and finally a voice. the wind is something that humans cannot control, a symbol of the cycle of nature, where every cold winter is followed by the spring, death and destruction bring life and renewal.
Shelley's vision of the wind is at the same time destroyer and preserve: the strength of the wind is its perpetual movement . in the last section the author understands that th wind cannot hear his words and he expresses the desire to be carried away by the current of the wind  the leaves. this desire is the linked to the wish to break free the human limits and become himself like the wind

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J.M.W. Turner, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842)

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The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie

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Mary Godwin, the daughter of William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstoncraft.

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In Italy Shelley compose his best poetry, fascinated by the Italian landscape, climate and art.
Shelley's works are examples of the poetical inspiration that many Romantic artists drew from Italy.
During an excursion to Livorno by boat, a storm arose, drowning Shelley and the friend who was with him; the ashes buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in 1792 into a rich, conservative family in Horsham, Sussex. Initially he followed the family tradition, going first to school at Eton and then to Oxford.
At Oxford Shelley collaborated in writing a pamphlet called The Necessity of Atheism (1811), for which he was expelled from the university.
He married sixteen-year-old Harriet Westbrook to save her from tyrannical father. They lived togheter for three years, moving from place to place, including Ireland, where Shelley was a political activist in the cause of Catholic emancipation.
In 1814 Shelley fell in love with Mary Godwin, and went with her to France and Switzerland, abandoning Harriet and their two children. Harriet committed suicide in 1816 and shortly after, Shelley married Mary; the next year they left England for Italy.

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Shelley's best lyrics were written during his four years in Italy.
They show his truly Romantic temper: they are both pervaded by natural scenary and natural forces and by the poet's own spirit of communion with the universe.
They are also full of Shelley's social ideals. "Ode to the West Wind" is highly typical of this qualities.

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In his best moments Shelley unites lyrical grace with the creation of powerful myths, founded on naturales elements adn ancient myths.
Natural scenery is seen as animated by moral forces. Like Byron, Shelley was representative of the second generation of romantic poets' unease and incapacity to come to terms with society.