texts‚ contexts 18 september 2014 Ozymandias The main theme that keeps recurring in Ozymandias is the overpowering nature versus the man-made achievements. Shelley uses different types of language manner to depict this. The analysis made by Shelley is clearly shown through different kinds of wordplay. No matter how great you think you are‚ if you are a king or a pauper‚ the fact remains that we all have to die. With death‚ power ceases to exist. Shelley portrays a deteriorated statue‚ which
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Man is Momentary English 102: Literature and Composition XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX Turabian Thesis The poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley depicts the mediocrity of man‚ futility of his works‚ and his finite existence. He uses a decaying statue of Ozymandias the “King of Kings” as a symbol of man’s overwhelming pride and self-centered nature. Outline • Type: • 14 line Sonnet • Narrative • Ironic • Form • ABABA CDCEDEFEF • Iambic Pentameter • Date • 1817 (written
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OZYMANDIAS 1. What kind of man was the Pharaoh Ozymandias‚ do you think? Quote from the poem to substantiate your answer. 2. The poet takes great care to describe‚ in lines 4 and 5‚ the ‘passions’ of Ozymandias that are ‘stamped on these lifeless things’ (line 7). What is the effect of the juxtaposition of ‘passions’ and ‘lifeless’? What is Shelley suggesting about human ambition? 3. The ‘hand’ and the ‘heart’ (line 8) are‚ of course‚ the hand and heart of the sculptor‚ not Ozymandias. Discuss
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y Percy Shelley describes the speaker being told by a traveler about an archaic and weathered statue of King Ozymandias that sits by its lonesome in the middle of a desert. The story is told about the once glorious and fearful statue that is now diminished down to a pile of rubble that is now concealed from civilization in the sand from which it was created from. King Ozymandias tried to preserve his power and glory by creating an abiding statue of himself‚
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1. Ozymandias is the name of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh and the place was called an “antique land” suggests that the country referred to has an older history such as Ancient Egypt. 2. The statue was described as “vast” and “boundless”. 3. The original monument was a royal tomb or religious temple to Ozymandias. 4. The ‘shattered visage’ is the face of Ozymandias‚ the pharaoh. 5. “Read” means that the sculptor understands and is able to reproduce the exact features of Ozymandias
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In his poem “Ozymandias‚” Percy Shelley employs symbolism and irony and to convey his message that power over society is fleeting and every attempt at everlasting fame will deteriorate and become meaningless. Shelley’s use of symbolism emphasizes the ineffectiveness of an arrogant ruler’s attempts to create an eternal authority over society. For example‚ the traveler in the poem chronicles the “two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Standing in the desert" (2-3). A massive pair of crippled stone
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matters more than their treatment of others in the moment. The Egyptian Pharaoh Ozymandias‚ also known as Rameses II‚ has many depictions in this fashion‚ of valuing his pride and ambitions more than those around him. However‚ the legacy left behind often falls short of what those people wanted to create or force them into a shell of themselves to fit current perceptions of them. In his poem‚ “Ozymandias‚” Percy Shelley offers a moral lesson on ambition and pride through the implementation of commanding
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Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley was a rebel from the British upper class. He was married to Harriet Westbrook‚ and friend with Byron. Although he died very young at the age of thirty‚ he left behind him valuable writings. Ozymandias is without doubt a poem of such kind. The poem is an Italian sonnet‚ and describes the remains of a ancient "glorious" ruin seen by a common "traveler from an antique land"(1). The subject of Shelley’s poem is more subtle than it seems. Found in the multitude of Romantic
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Ozymandias: Poetry Will Live On Percy Shelley uses imagery and irony to demonstrate to the readers of his poem “Ozymandias” something more than just a run down work of art. Imagery is used to characterize Ozymandias – a sculptor of a king that was depicted as being cold and overambitious. Shelley uses the words that are written on the pedestal of the statue‚ and puts them together with the never ending sea of sand and the decaying sculptor itself. When these descriptions come together‚ the irony
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In Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias”‚ the broken and irregular form of the poem is highly significant to the content. The poem itself is written about a ruined statue of the once great Ozymandias‚ whose works have crumbled and disappeared‚ along with his civilisation. The overall message that Shelley is trying to convey throughout the poem is that the pursuit of power and glory for one’s own sake is an unworthy ambition. As history takes its course their legacy will be forgotten and their laws will be
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