The version of Pandora's Box that I grew up with included, after all the evil things came out, one last thing left: hope. Don't know if that's part of the 'original' legend, or a westernized 'happy ending', but I distinctly remember all the evils of the world coming out, and after that a small little soft thing hiding in a corner... hope.

Is there a connection here with the Fall from Eden bringing all the evils into the Judeo-Christian world?