Is hope really that cut and dry?

In the story of Pandora's Box, it was the last thing in the box and was never released with the other evils. Perhaps without hope life is simply void of meaning or purpose. Yet, is this such a bad thing?

To quote Nietzsche,

'hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of men'

We can create our own subjective purpose, once we engage with the meaninglessness of life.