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Post by sageda on May 24, 2013 9:06:53 GMT -5
So Ms. Boyd said that Ozymandias has an irony in it but we couldn't figure it out during class. What do you guys think it is? I think it's the fact that there are only pathetic remains of the Ramses II yet he talks like he is still the most powerful being in the world. He calls himself the "king of kings" even though he's nothing but bones and dust now.
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Post by davidh on May 25, 2013 0:40:14 GMT -5
Well.. I just research about it and it's a poem about patronizing the certain person as a king of king..? I don't see the point and because of the main point, i can't find the irony.. ?
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Post by ginayang on May 26, 2013 6:39:03 GMT -5
I agree with you Sageda. The story of Ozymandias has situational irony. Ozymandias is described as a strong and powerful king in the beginning but his grand statue decays and it demonstrates his mortal vulnerability. Thus, the irony is that he starts off as a great ruler and ends up as a decaying statue of history.
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Post by sojounggg on May 26, 2013 6:57:07 GMT -5
what is this.. whas this a hw when all the seniors were having a suspension  |
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Post by cathysjun on May 26, 2013 13:24:51 GMT -5
oohh this was from June's presentation  don't worry. I also agree with you sageda. I think that is the ironic part. |
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Post by jessicak016 on May 26, 2013 19:47:50 GMT -5
I agree with Gina about the situational irony. Ozymandias was described as the "King of the Kings." However, as time passes, he slowly decays until he is nothing more than just a state of a broken statue. That might be the irony because in the beginning, he (and maybe other people) thought that he would be the everlasting king.
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Post by sujeonggg on May 27, 2013 0:07:15 GMT -5
I just researched about it, and it says the same thing as you guys said. "They are ironic as they say about how great and might his kingdom is yet the statue is alone in a baron desert as his Kingdom has moved on," said google. So I also agree with you guys, how it is ironic to have the king of the kings being destroyed.
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Post by elijahlee on May 27, 2013 20:00:30 GMT -5
It is ironic because of reasons all stated above. Ozymandias is supposed to be the King of Kings, yet his statue is broken and degrading. He cannot withstand nature, and his kingdom is gone. His body has also passed on.
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don't worry. I also agree with you sageda. I think that is the ironic part.