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Who wrote Ozymandias?
Percy Shelley
who was ozymandias?
Ramses 2
was an immensely
powerful
Egyptian
Pharaoh
who wanted to build memorials and
statues
of himself to retain
power
what is the poem talking about?
describes how a
narrator
met a
traveller
who describes to him the
broken
statue of
ozymandias
in the egyptian dessert
why was Shelley expelled from
Oxford
?
for sharing
atheist
views
What were Shelley's view on power?
he was a
political
radical and an anti -
authoritarian
where were Ozymandias's statues brought to?
uk
Percy Shelley was a
free
thinker,
vegetarian
and revolutionary who often found himself at
odds
with
society
of his day
" i met a
traveller
from an
antique
land "
" two
vast
and
trunkless
legs of
stone
"
" cold command " ?
consonance
exemplifies
arrogance
what does " antique land " have
connotations
of ?
old
and
outdated
and
fragile
which may suggest that now ozymandias has no remaining
power
By having the traveller describe the statue to the narrator what does it show?
it
removes
the presence of this
prestige ruler
and that his
power
has
diminished
"
shattered visage
"
broken faces
which suggest
no one
- not even ozy - had
long lasting
power
" yet
survive
, stamped on these lifeless
things
"
what does the contrast between " survive " and "lifeless " show?
reminds the reader that ozymandias is
dead
and so is his
legacy
that he tried to
retain
" pedestal "
connotation of
power
and
authority
" My name is Ozymandias ,
king
of
kings
: look at my
works
, ye
mighty
, and
despair
!"
" king of kings " , " ye mighty "
religious
connotations implies
arrogance
and that
Ozymandias
wishes to acquire
power
such like
God
" Round the decay of that colossal wreck "
semantic
field of
destruction
;
Shelley
resented political power and bleieveed that power can be
overturned
and that his legacy will
fade
"
Boundless
and
bare
the lone and level
sands
"
alliteration - feeling of vast emptiness in the desert and its
size
- nature will always
exist
and
survive
for
longer
compared to
man made
objects
how is ozymandias presented?
with
negative
connotations - shelley may be showing how authority can
corrupt
people - perhaps inspired by his own
beliefs
poems to compare with power
Hawk roosting
poems to compare with nature
Death
of a
Naturalist
Hawk roosting
The prelude
structure
sonnet form
- indicates
declaration
of
love
for
oneself
are there any stanzas?
no
-
shelley
reduces
ozymandias
to character in a story showing that
political power
fades over time