The inscription on ozymandias's statue reads, "my name is ozymandias, king of kings, / look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! " how does the context of the inscription make it ironic? (points : 5) the inscription exists only in the memory of the traveler. the context of “lone and level sands” shows that the king’s power ended long ago. the inscription is written in an ancient language. the inscription was once clear but is now hard to decipher.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.