Pandora

by Susan Stokes-Chapman

Superstition alone is a worrisome power.”

“Power is in its ability to disturb us, my dear,” Hamilton replies. “It is all in the mind. We often run ourselves ragged with imagining some greater meaning when there is none.”

“I commended Helen’s choice to name you Pandora. The name means ‘all-gifted’ and I thought it quite charming. She told me she had named you after the myth. When I asked her why, she told me how the story had always fascinated her as a child.”

Zeus had added Hope to the pithos, to punish and torture man. He believed that Hope was often the false promise of good to come. I believe that it is up to interpretation whether Hope is considered Evil or Good.”