Bring out the irony in the words, “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, Ye Mighty, and despair! as inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue. What lesson does this irony teach us?
(Cbse class 10 English Communicative Question paper 2016)
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Ozymandias was a very powerful king of Egypt. He was very proud of his achievements. He thought that no one could equal him in his Mighty achievements. He got his own statue built in a temple. It was a huge statue 92 feet high. The king wanted to immortalize his name. So he got the following words written on the pedestal of his statue, “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, Ye Mighty, and despair! “ But ironically no trace of the king or his power is left on the Sands of Time. Even his huge statue lies in ruins. This irony teaches us that the pride of the material power and glory is a folly. Everything in this world is subject to decay. Even the mightiest of human beings mix with the dust.
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These lines clearly depict that Ozymandias was one of the most powerful king of Egypt.
He was not defeated by any one. He had made this statue to immortalise his power.
But the present condition of the statue is very bare as defeated by time. The statue with is a symbol of immortality is itself destroyed. This is teaches us a lesson that every thing is vanished by the ravages of time
He was not defeated by any one. He had made this statue to immortalise his power.
But the present condition of the statue is very bare as defeated by time. The statue with is a symbol of immortality is itself destroyed. This is teaches us a lesson that every thing is vanished by the ravages of time
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