AESCHYLUS, PROMETHEUS BOUND

(1) How many principal actors does a producer need to hire to put on this play? (absolute minimum, with doubling of parts)
(2) How does the play (a play) begin? (curtain, entrances, stage setting, etc.)?
(3) What is the symbolic meaning of the presence of KRATOS (power) and BIA (viuolence) in the Prologue (and only the prologue)?
(4) Who is the "Protagonist" in the play? How much of the time does he spend on the stage?
(5) What part(s) does the "Deuteragonist" play?
(6) Who is the Chorus? When do they enter? How long do they stay on stage?

(7) How does Hephaestus feel about the situation in which he finds himself?
(8) How does Hermes feel about his situation (in the middle of the play)?
(9) How does the Chorus feel about Prometheus and his quarrel with Zeus?
(10) Why doesn't Zeus appear on stage? He is, after all, the figure that all obey and speak about!
(11) Why is Prometheus so stubborn (and stupid ?), as so many characters accuse him of being? Is this a `character flaw'?
(12) What are the claims made by Prometheus for sympathy from the Chorus? Are they the same claims as he might use for clemency from Zeus?
(13) Why is Io a character in the play at all? What does her appearance add to the situation, the ideas, the conflict?

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound