Tag: Shelley

• The Tower of Babel – or Babble?

  This story begins by stating that “the whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary”, which is a splendid example of ‘never let the facts get in the way of a good story’ since we’re told, in the previous chapter, that the nations had been “separated into their lands, every one according to…

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  24th Apr 2022

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bablylon, Genesis, Icacus, Israel, Phaeton, Shelley, Tower of Babel, Yahweh, Ziggurat

• Shelley – Ozymandias – Trump

  Shelley’s poem is about the fallen statue of the leader of a nation. “Ozymandias” was the Greek name for Pharaoh Rameses II, thought by some scholars to be the Pharaoh who enslaved the Israelites, prior to their exodus from Egypt. For today’s readers, a certain Donald J. Trump may also come to mind.   This…

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  14th Jan 2021

  Literature, Old Testament, Poetry

  Art, Kings, Ozymandias, Shelley