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Comparing 'By The Waters Of Babylon And Ozymandias'

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It’s easy for things to be forgotten especially if their broke or you never knew the full meaning of them. A short story written by Benet, “by the waters of Babylon” and the poem written by Percy Shelley, ”Ozymandias” share a similar theme. In both of these pieces present parallel stories that revolve around things that have been broken or forgotten. Even though the readings have a similar theme, they aren’t exactly alike. In the poem “Ozymandias”, Shelley gives the reader an image of a statue in an ancient land that has been destroyed and forgotten. Ozymandias is the king that the fallen statue honored. As a result of the statute fallen, “nothing beside remains”, and the society that once honored him began to forget about their honored figure.
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