What made you circle the words "antique lands"? What did you think of when you circled them and annotated them as having the meaning of ancient and having formal prestige?
Your ideas about how the statue might also represent Romanticism and reflect Shelley's opinion on it, I've never considered that side of things, but you would have to look into Shelley's history to see if he felt that way about the Romanticist movement or not.
I thought it was interesting how you viewed the mockery of power as a possible mockery of God. I hadn't considered before that "ye Mighty" might be referencing God and His lesser power than that of Ozymandias, but it makes sense considering Shelley was an atheist. Do you think it's possible that "ye Mighty" might be referring to other kingdoms or powerful monarchs at the time?
What made you circle the words "antique lands"? What did you think of when you circled them and annotated them as having the meaning of ancient and having formal prestige?
ReplyDeleteYour ideas about how the statue might also represent Romanticism and reflect Shelley's opinion on it, I've never considered that side of things, but you would have to look into Shelley's history to see if he felt that way about the Romanticist movement or not.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how you viewed the mockery of power as a possible mockery of God. I hadn't considered before that "ye Mighty" might be referencing God and His lesser power than that of Ozymandias, but it makes sense considering Shelley was an atheist. Do you think it's possible that "ye Mighty" might be referring to other kingdoms or powerful monarchs at the time?
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