Ozymandias

• Give me a summary of Ozymadias

  speaker meets traveller who talk to them about a statue of a once powerful man
• Who was the king that Ozymadias was based on?

  Ramesses II
• What does ozy mean?

  Breath or air
• What does mandias mean?


  To rule
• ‘ half sunk, a shattered visage lies ‘
• ‘ sneer of cold command ‘
• “ My name is Ozymandias, king of kings “
• ‘ look on my works ’
• What does the quote ‘ look on my works ’ suggest?

  Irony, he thinks his kingdom will survive
• ‘ nothing beside remains ‘
• ‘ colossal wreck ‘
• What is the mood of Ozymandias?

  isolation

  critical

  mocking
• What does ’ king of kings ’ Suggest?

  .Pride; arrogance

  .almost god like

  .alliteration = unpleasant sound
• ‘ two vast and trunkless legs of stone ‘
• What does half sunk suggest?

  Power of time