Question

Explain what comment Shelley made about the role of the artist as compared to the role of a man who considers himself "king of kings" in "Ozymandias."

Answer 1

The speaker recalls having met a traveler “from an antique land,” who told him a story about the ruins of a statue in the desert of hisnative country. Two vast legs of stone stand without a body, and near them a massive, crumbling stone head lies “half sunk” in the sand. The traveler told the speaker that the frown and “sneer of cold command” on the statue’s face indicate that the sculptor understood well the emotions (or "passions") ofthe statue’s subject. The memory of those emotions survives "stamped" on the lifeless statue, even though both the sculptor and his subject are both now dead. On the pedestal of the statue appear the words, “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works,ye Mighty, and despair!” But around the decaying ruin of the statue, nothing remains, only the “lone and level sands,” which stretch out around it.

Answer 2

the above question is taken from the chapter Ozymandias which was written by PB Shelley here the writer made a exclaiming comment on the king of king Ozymandias Ozymandias was a very powerful king he was very proud of his power his strength and his Army the other things used to consider themselves less than him he asked the statue maker to make a artistic statue of him the statue maker copied the same expression the angriness the toughness as well as the proudy nature of the King on the statue of Ozymandias first in this chapter the writer made a very good comment that the king was very proud of his power but at last the time spare no one and at last the statue get destroyed into the desert......


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