Ozymandias
OZYMANDIAS
Percy Bysshe Shelly
Question 1
I think Ozymandias was a proud, unpleasant, boastful, haughty, powerful, provocative man who was an absolute ruler and in spite of all this, he was a great man.
Ozymandias was proud because he refers to himself as “King of Kings” in line ten which reads, “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings.” This shows his pride because he elevates himself above all the other kings by suggesting that he is superior to all the kings that lived in his time.
Ozymandias was a very unpleasant man. A sculpture of a person usually shows their best side but Ozymandias’ shows his face with a frown, wrinkled lip and snear of cold command as stated in lines four and five which read, “Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command.” These are characteristics of an unpleasant demeanor.
Ozymandias was a boastful man. This is shown in line eleven which reads, “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” These words were probably being directed to other kings.
He belittled their works and suggested that he was so powerful that the other kings could not match or relate to him. He implies that the other kings should even despair because they could not match his works and power.
Ozymandias was a haughty man. The inscription on his statue which is in lines ten and eleven is evidence that he was arrogant or rather haughty. The lines read, “My name is
Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” He saw himself as the most powerful ruler and bragged about it which to me, translates as haughtiness. A king is praised by his people and not by himself in the manner that Ozymandias did.
Ozymandias was a powerful man. Line eleven reads, “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” The word “works” shows that he had accomplished a lot of things. He probably commanded multitudes of workers in order to acquire his possessions which shows that he was powerful. He was probably
Percy Bysshe Shelly
Question 1
I think Ozymandias was a proud, unpleasant, boastful, haughty, powerful, provocative man who was an absolute ruler and in spite of all this, he was a great man.
Ozymandias was proud because he refers to himself as “King of Kings” in line ten which reads, “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings.” This shows his pride because he elevates himself above all the other kings by suggesting that he is superior to all the kings that lived in his time.
Ozymandias was a very unpleasant man. A sculpture of a person usually shows their best side but Ozymandias’ shows his face with a frown, wrinkled lip and snear of cold command as stated in lines four and five which read, “Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command.” These are characteristics of an unpleasant demeanor.
Ozymandias was a boastful man. This is shown in line eleven which reads, “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” These words were probably being directed to other kings.
He belittled their works and suggested that he was so powerful that the other kings could not match or relate to him. He implies that the other kings should even despair because they could not match his works and power.
Ozymandias was a haughty man. The inscription on his statue which is in lines ten and eleven is evidence that he was arrogant or rather haughty. The lines read, “My name is
Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” He saw himself as the most powerful ruler and bragged about it which to me, translates as haughtiness. A king is praised by his people and not by himself in the manner that Ozymandias did.
Ozymandias was a powerful man. Line eleven reads, “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” The word “works” shows that he had accomplished a lot of things. He probably commanded multitudes of workers in order to acquire his possessions which shows that he was powerful. He was probably