![]() ‘Ozy’ comes from the Greek “ozium” which means either, ‘to breathe’ or ‘air’. Today, many of these memorials and statues have crumbled into the sands of the desert.Ĩ The area, where the statues are built, is known as The Valley of the Kings and a number of Egyptian pharaohs are buried there.ĩ Percy Shelley wrote this sonnet after seeing a huge granite statue of Rameses II at the British museum in 1817.ġ0 The poem has been interpreted in a number of different ways, but all centre on the irony in Ozymandias‘s declaration that the "Mighty should look upon my works, and despair". He wanted to built memorials for himself, which he imagined would last forever.ħ Ramsesses II However, he used slave labour to build them and the slaves suffered hardship under his control. According to the story, the temple bore an inscription which read: ‘I am Ozymandias, king of kings if anyone wishes to know how great I am and the place where kings like me lie, let him surpass any of my works.’Ħ Ramsesses II Ramsesses II during his reign built more temples and monuments, took more wives (8) and had more children (over 100) than any other pharaoh. How can the lines rhyme (the rhyme scheme)? What is the theme of the poem?ĥ This poem is based on a story Shelley had read about a funeral temple of the Egyptian pharaoh, Rameses II, whom the Greeks called Ozymandias. ![]() How does it change your view if you know that the person represented by the statue ordered its creation?Ĥ A sonnet How many lines are there? What types of sonnet do you know? ![]() To identify language and structural choices made by the poet.Ģ Starter Why are statues created in honour of people? ![]() Presentation on theme: "Learning Objectives To understand the meanings in “Ozymandias”"- Presentation transcript:ġ Learning Objectives To understand the meanings in “Ozymandias” ![]()
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