5. A) “The hand
that mocked them, and the heart that fed”. Whose hand and heart has poet
referred to in this line?
that mocked them, and the heart that fed”. Whose hand and heart has poet
referred to in this line?
Answer-Through the quoted
lines the poet sarcastically hinted at the sculptor who gave us the distinct
expression of the tyrannous ring Ozymandias who with his proud characteristics
are ruined in the desert.
lines the poet sarcastically hinted at the sculptor who gave us the distinct
expression of the tyrannous ring Ozymandias who with his proud characteristics
are ruined in the desert.
b) “My name is Ozymandias,
king of kings.” Why does Ozymandias refer to himself as king of kings? What
quality of the king is revealed through this statement?
king of kings.” Why does Ozymandias refer to himself as king of kings? What
quality of the king is revealed through this statement?
Answer-Ramesses II was the
king from whom Shelly had got the inspiration of the character Oymandias. Out
of condescending attitude, blind sense of vanity and total ignorance about the
strength of time, the king Ozymandias described himself as to be king of kings.
king from whom Shelly had got the inspiration of the character Oymandias. Out
of condescending attitude, blind sense of vanity and total ignorance about the
strength of time, the king Ozymandias described himself as to be king of kings.
It shows total ignorance, vanity and haughty foolish imagination of a
king who is just a zilch in the hand of mighty time.
king who is just a zilch in the hand of mighty time.
c) “Look on my works,
ye mighty and despair!” Who is Ozymandias referring to when he speaks of “ye
mighty”? Why should they despair?
ye mighty and despair!” Who is Ozymandias referring to when he speaks of “ye
mighty”? Why should they despair?
Answer- Ozymandias is arrogant
and goes on bragging that another kings and everybody should be awestruck for
his phenomenal and incomparable works.
and goes on bragging that another kings and everybody should be awestruck for
his phenomenal and incomparable works.
They should be hopeless and timorous because
he is impossible to be defeated. Unparallel he is, for nobody can overpass the
greatness and strength of him.
he is impossible to be defeated. Unparallel he is, for nobody can overpass the
greatness and strength of him.
d) ‘Bring out the
irony in the poem.
irony in the poem.
Answer-The decimated
physique of Ozymandias on the desert with the bragging inscription shows the
completion of the irony of Ozymandias. His thought of immortalizing himself by
statues and monuments had turned futile. He is mere subject to decay, decline
and death in the hand of almighty time. His swanking demand ruined in the hand
of time exposes Irony.
physique of Ozymandias on the desert with the bragging inscription shows the
completion of the irony of Ozymandias. His thought of immortalizing himself by
statues and monuments had turned futile. He is mere subject to decay, decline
and death in the hand of almighty time. His swanking demand ruined in the hand
of time exposes Irony.
e) ‘Nothing
beside remains’. What does the narrator mean when he says these words?
beside remains’. What does the narrator mean when he says these words?
Answer-The narrator comments
‘Nothing
beside remains’ on the present situation around the ruined statue of the king
Ozymandias. The vanity of the king, the brags of the king are all subject to
remote past. Nothing around the destroyed statue was there except boundless
desert. The shattered pieces are only present and except that everything has
turned into debris in the cruel hand of time.
‘Nothing
beside remains’ on the present situation around the ruined statue of the king
Ozymandias. The vanity of the king, the brags of the king are all subject to
remote past. Nothing around the destroyed statue was there except boundless
desert. The shattered pieces are only present and except that everything has
turned into debris in the cruel hand of time.
f) What is your
impression of Ozymandias as a king?
impression of Ozymandias as a king?
Answer-Ozymandias like many
other kings is proud, arrogant and stuffed with shallow thinking. He considered
himself incomparable in regard to his greatness and achievements. He was a
person with condescending attitude who never could realize that everything in
the world is subject to decay, decline and destruction with no exception.
other kings is proud, arrogant and stuffed with shallow thinking. He considered
himself incomparable in regard to his greatness and achievements. He was a
person with condescending attitude who never could realize that everything in
the world is subject to decay, decline and destruction with no exception.
g) What message
is conveyed through the poem.
is conveyed through the poem.
Answer-The Might and majesty
of a king do not last! Only great art endures for a period of time. The statue
symbolizing the glory of pharaoh is crumbling. Now except some fine pieces of work
by the sculptor nothing remaining. The bottom line is ‘time plays its final
hand on every living and non-living creation and a proud king like Ozymandias
is of no exception’.
of a king do not last! Only great art endures for a period of time. The statue
symbolizing the glory of pharaoh is crumbling. Now except some fine pieces of work
by the sculptor nothing remaining. The bottom line is ‘time plays its final
hand on every living and non-living creation and a proud king like Ozymandias
is of no exception’.
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