In the usual retelling of Pandora’s myth, hope remains after the jar is opened.
Pandora releases the evils or troubles contained in the vessel, but Hope remains inside when she closes it. This is the source of the familiar expression that hope survives even after suffering enters the world.
Hesiod’s original wording is more complicated than many modern summaries suggest. The Greek term is Elpis, a personified figure or concept of expectation, and scholars debate whether it was intended as a comfort, a further evil, or something deliberately ambiguous.
The popular interpretation treats hope as a blessing preserved for humanity. It should not be confused with the claim that every version of the ancient myth gives exactly the same moral meaning. Later retellings strongly shaped the optimistic reading now common in English.