Theme
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________
Pandora’s Box
September 2014
What’s the Theme?
Directions: A theme is the big idea in a story. In Pandora’s Box, one event leads to another—which
eventually leads to the theme. Answer the questions below to help you determine the theme.
1. Why is Zeus angry? What does he plan to do?
2. Where does Pandora come from? What character traits does she have?
3. What happens when Pandora opens the box? What comes out?
4. What is the effect of Pandora’s decision to open the box? How does the myth end?
State the theme in one sentence.
Write Now! What does the mythology play Pandora’s Box explain about humans? On a separate sheet
of paper, write one paragraph to answer this question, using the theme you wrote above to help you.
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