In Ozymandias, the theme of the poem is that excessive pride or inflated sense of self based on our accomplishments is absurd. Which quote best supports that theme?

Question 6 options:

a)

"'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'"

b)

"Tell that its sculptor well those passions read / Which yet survive, ... "

c)

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare"

d)

"I met a traveller from an antique land"

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Amirah Munoz

13 July, 04:13

In Ozymandias, the theme of the poem is that excessive pride or inflated sense of self based on our accomplishments is absurd. Which quote best supports that theme?

Question 6 options:

a)

"'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'"

b)

"Tell that its sculptor well those passions read / Which yet survive, ... "

c)

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare"

d)

"I met a traveller from an antique land"

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Amber · Answer 1

The quote that best supports that theme is:

a) "'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'"

Explanation:

In this quote Ozymandias expresses excessive pride of been "king of kings"

Dillan Brown · Answer 2

yeah the answer is A