Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Compare the
ways poets
present ideas
about power in
'Ozymandias' and
'My Last
Duchess'.
- Ozymandias
- King of kings
- He is the height of kings
- In charge of all
the kings
- Wants control over the other kings
- So he is in
charge of all
of the people
- Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
- Shows that even
though the statue has
no legs he is still tall
and powerful
- Thought of himself as in charge
- My Last Duchess
- "My gift of a
nine-hundred-years-old
name
- He thought that his
'nine-hundred-years-old
name gave him more power
- More powerful than a punch of "cherries"
- We have never heard of the name Duke -
Nine-hundred-year-old name???!!!???!!!
- The Duke wants to
have control over
her and have the
power to do so
- That's MY duchess
- Talks of her as if he was her master
- MY
- Also he was paid to marry her (dowry)
- So he could do what he wants
- She had to do what he sayed
- MY
- Pronoun
- Calls her "her" not by
name - pronoun
- She is nothing
compared to him
- She is like a
normal person
with no rights
or ranks