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Ozymandias
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- 1Who wrote 'Ozymandias'?Percy Shelley
- 2Who is Ozymamdias?Ramases II, a great Egyptian pharaoh.
- 3What group of poets did the poet belong to?The Romantics
- 4What is the 'antique land' where the poem is set?Egypt
- 5Fill in the blanks: 'Two _____ and trunkless legs of stone''Two vast and trunkless legs of stone'
- 6Fill in the blanks: 'Near them, on the sand, ______ ________, a _______ visage lies''Near them, on the sand, half sunk a shattered visage lies'
- 7A quote that describes the statue's facial expression....'sneer of cold command'
- 8Ozymandias is described as ruling with 'cold command'. What does this tell us about his use of power?ruthless
uncaring
tyrranical
no concern for his people - 9What is the inscription on the statue?'My name is Ozymandias, King of King! Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
- 10As a Romantic, what was Shelley's attitude to human power and the power of nature?He believed that the power of nature was the only true power. Human power was unfair.
- 11Fill in the blanks: 'Round the decay of that colossal wreck, ______ and ____''Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare'
- 12What does the statue symbolise?Human power and authority
- 13The desert is 'boundless'. What does this mean and what does it suggest about the power of nature?The desert goes on for ever. It is infinite and permanent like the power of nature.
- 14What was Shelley's atttitude to the monarchy?He was a Republican. He did not believe in the monarchy and thought inherited power was wrong.
- 15What revolution did Shelley support? Why?The French Revolution because the French people were trying to overthrow the aristrocracy.
- 16Why did Shelley use a description of an Egyptian statue to put across his ideas abiht power?At the time Shelley was writing, the public were fascinated by artifacts and ruins from Egypt being exhibited in London. Shelley used this to capture their imagination.
- 17How is human power and authority presented?ruthless
unfair
tyrranical....
yet temporary and always defeated by nature.
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