What is one way shelley uses source material in "ozymandias"? a. to present the setting of egypt b. to create the character of the traveler who tells the story c. to describe the stone and its engraving d. to establish the theme that everything falls apart with time

Answer :

The way in which Shelley uses source material in "Ozymandias" is :

C. to describe the stone and its engraving

The statue that P.B. Shelley talks about in his poem "Ozymandias" is of a once powerful king. The poet has used source material to describe the present state of the stone statue and the engraving on it.

The following excerpts from the poem give the answer to the question :

1. "Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,"

2. "And on the pedestal these words appear:

‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'"