Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- Created on: 02-02-19 09:07
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- Ozymandias
- Context
- Shelly was a romatic poet and wrote ozymandias is 1871.
- He was politically radical and disapproved of the british monarchy.
- Could argue that this poem is a critcisim (having and using) power in a undemocratic way and ruling as a 'tyrant'.
- Summary
- Describes the narrators meeting with a traveller from a foreign land.
- The iscription beneath the statue indicates that the king was arrogant, pround and boastful.
- The traveller told him a story about findig the shattered remains of an ancient statue of a king in the desert.
- Overarching message that human power is temporary.
- Key ideas.
- Timeless messages still relevant today.
- Abuse of power.
- Temporary nature of political power.
- Power of art.
- Art, language and literature are more enduring than human powers.
- Nothing remains of Ozymandias execpt a statue and an inscription.
- Art, language and literature are more enduring than human powers.
- Arrogance of rulers
- Arrogance of Ramses and other leaders. Power has led to pride and the mistreatment of others.
- Timeless messages still relevant today.
- 'Colossal wreck'
- Colossal, meaning vast or huge, is a metaphor for his ego rather than the statue.
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