Ozymandias is characterized as a tyrant. I knew this before reading the questions because of the diction Bysshe helley uses in her poem Ozymandias. "And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read." One also reads on to find that he proclaimed the greatness of his empire only to be surrounded in moden day by ruin. While these details speak for themselves regarding the character of Ozymandias, it is very obvious that these traits can also be attributed to every person. While we are alive, we believe that the things we do will matter in the long run and that the marks we leave will be eternal, but nothing could be more false. Sure, when we die, we will be remembered. For a while, at least. but what happens when those who knew us die? And their sons and daughters die? All that is left to commemorate one's life is a headstone. And what does a headstone really say about us?
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