Ozymandous

Question 1

What year

Answer 1

1817

Question 2

Why did Shelly write

Answer 2

Shelley wrote political poetry criticising authority and tyranny, and called for rebellion.

Question 3

What did she think of museums

Answer 3

Western cultural superiority – the acquisition of Egyptian artefacts by British museum: statue of Rameses II discovered.

Question 4

What was she influenced by

Answer 4

French Revolution deposed the aristocracy and urged liberty and equality for all.

Question 5

What other literature did Shelly write

Answer 5

Shelley (from “A Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things”): “Man must assert his native rights, must say; We take from Monarchs’ hand the granted sway.”