Michel Faber has taken on Prometheus, who brought fire to humans in defiance of Zeus and was punished by having his liver torn out by an eagle.
Zeus found out about this, and to this day (or so they say) Prometheus is chained to a rock, having his liver torn out daily by an eagle.
Marky died from a catalogue of injuries that included a broken arm, lacerated liver, torn spleen and fractured skull.
The film takes its name from the Greek mythological titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to the mortal world, only to be punished by having his liver torn out and eaten by an eagle day after day for all time.
An escaped convict in chains, he threatens Pip, the working-class boy who crosses his path in a country churchyard, telling Pip that unless he brings Magwitch food and a file, "your heart and liver will be tore out".
Soon after the death, the medical examiner said that Mr. Mobley had died from a tear in his liver as the result of a blow.
For this he was punished cruelly: chained to a cliff and condemned to have eagles tear out his liver every day for all eternity.
The city's Department of Investigation and the Bronx district attorney's office are reviewing what led to Mr. Mobley's death on May 2. The medical examiner's office said Mr. Mobley, 60, died from a tear in his liver that was a result of a blow, but it will not decide whether his death was a homicide until the investigations are completed.
Untoward movement during the procedure when the needle is in the hepatic parenchyma can lead to a tear of the liver and increases the risk of bleeding.
Oftentimes they really, truly won't remember an entire conversation held with you previously, they will consider everyone else wrong and not even realize it- probably even deny it- and if you point out they they are acting like an ogre with a migraine, they'll tear out your liver no matter how right you are.
And he wanted revenge — to "take hold of his murderer, tear him apart, eat his liver and his flesh".
