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Ozymandias

“Ozymandias”

The speaker meets a traveler from an antique land; the antique land is Egypt. The traveler described a sculpture to the speaker as “two vast and trunkless legs of stone.” The statue had been broken with only the legs left. The speaker describes the features of the face and they represent the true personality of Ozymandias. His personality was cruel and very powerful. On the pedestal of what was left of the statue, Ozymandias was declared as being “king of kings.” Nothing of the statue remains because of the power of nature. “The lone and level sands stretch far away,” shows nature's power and that no one can ever control it. Nature is beyond any human being's ...

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that mocked them, and the heart that fed,” was the creator of the sculpture of Ozymandias attacking his personality. The words that appeared on the pedestal of the statue show the power of Ozymandias. He proclaims himself as the king of kings. Ozymandias had absolute control over all people, resembling a dictator. The words were also maybe meant to warn others who disobey him. Now that the sculpture has sunk into the ground and has been destroyed, Ozymandias is as equal as all others. He was up high, but nature tore him down and the fall of the sculpture shows that he is no longer in control. I think that the message of this poem is that no one is above anyone else. All are equal in the eyes of nature and ...

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Added: 3/30/2011 06:53:45 PM
Submitted By: bengals20
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 332
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