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Pride comes before the fall.
Gilgamesh and Ozy were both prideful and fell to ruin. After Enkidu's death when Gilgamesh realizes death is real and Ozy died and fell out of power.

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The theme of Ozymandias was: power and greatness will not last forever. This connects to The Epic of Gilgamesh because of similar occurrences like the loss of power. This could also be connected to the wanting of immortality on The epic of Gilgamesh.

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Gilgamesh and Ozymandias chose to be bad leaders in return there people did not like them. Ozymandias talks about on his statue that he was such a good leader but yet his statue is in ruins. Gilgamesh thinks he is a good leader and he thinks everyone likes him because he protects them but he is not a good leader so in return they do not respect him.

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theme of Ozymandias that pride can cause consequences and corruption. that theme implies it to the epic of Gilgamesh by seeing the choices that he makes and he suffers the consequences.

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The statue can be symbolism that connects to the theme of the poem. It symbolizes that power can fall and rise over time and that nothing in permanent.

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Our theme statement for Ozymandias was that power cannot be held by an individual forever. Gilgamesh and his thirst for power can compare to that of the fallen king in Ozymandias.

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In both of these stories, there is someone who craves and adores power. Gilgamesh craves and want immortality so he can have unlimited power, and Ozymandias seems to have wanted complete control over the people in the kingdom he ruled.

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Gilgamesh and Ozymandias chose to be a harsh ruler then in turn they both went into ruin. This can show that Gilgamesh and Ozymandias both show they thirsted for power and control over their kingdoms, that in turn have fallen.

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In line 14 when the author speaks of sands stretching far away, that can symbolize a distant memory. What Ozy did no longer has any influence on the present day.

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Power in arrogance can't last forever because of the effects on people it causes to hate and forget them.

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The statue shows an example of symbolism because Ozymandias shows pride ans selfishness and he thought he was the best ruler. His people on the other hand dislike him and destroys his statue.

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We said that the fallen statue from the poem could symbolize the ruler's fallen kingdom.

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They both had something taken away from them. Gilgamesh had Enkidu taken from him and Ozy had his power taken from him.

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Another way they connect is that after Enkidu died Gilgamesh ordered a statue to be made of him, so the both involve statues.In Tablet 1 Gilgamesh was also corrupted by his own pride as he searched for immortality.

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One example of symbolism in the poem is when the author is explaining how the statue is all falling apart and broken this can represent the king and his kingdom that was falling apart just like the statue.

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The fallen statue from the poem could symbolize the falling of a kingdom due to lack of leadership and responsibility. This can also show his lack of interest in the people of his kingdom.

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Another way that Gilgamesh and Ozymandias could compare is that they both were never satisfied with the power that they had. From the poem it seems that Ozymandias would not stop until he had complete control over his kingdom. Gilgamesh would also pursue being immortal and all powerful.

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Ozymandias connects to The Epic of Gilgamesh because the way that Ozymandias acts like he is the best ruler there is but really his people do not respect him and people end up destroying his statue.

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The ruined statue because it symbolized how powerful its presence at first but later forgotten due to how terrible their legacy was after their death.

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Another way Ozymandias connects to The Epic of Gilgamesh is that they both wanted a statue and this can point to Ozymandias fallen empire/statue and Gilgamesh's loss of his friend, Enkidu.

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Both stories have a ruler who wanted to be remembered and have their names glorified

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A example of symbolism in the poem would be the fallen statue. In lines 2 and 13 it is being described as ¨Two vast and shrunken legs of stone¨, and a ¨colossal wreck¨. The size of the staute can symbolize his arrogance and line two can describe how all of himself, his arrogance, and self-centered came crashing down.

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"Ozymandias" and The Epic of Gilgamesh both wanted to be remembered for greatness even if caused more harm than good.

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authority is a common theme through out Ozymandias and Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh though he had the authority to go around killing anything that challenged his power.Ozymandias though he had the authority to make him king of kings.

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A similar theme that they both have are that you can't live forever. They both have this theme because 'Ozymandias' talks about the broken statue and how the king is gone and the Epic of Gilgamesh talks about Gilgamesh not being able to have eternal life.

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A similar theme in Ozymandias to Gilgamesh is that life isn't forever and nothing lasts forever. Both stories deal with realization that death happens and you can't avoid it.

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Our theme statement is that nothing lasts forever, not even power. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Gilgamesh wanted eternal life and power, but they didn't understand that they could not live forever. Even in Enkidu's death Gilgamesh made sure he carried the legacy of his friend. In Ozymandias, "Ozymandias, king of kings" was a powerful ruler and he too could not live forever, but his legacy was still carried on.

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in both of the articles one of the themes are that with power comes arrogance and you cant let that take over. Both articles have someone who has power who became arrogant.

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In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and Ozymandias the themes are arrogance and power never last forever they will fade over time. in Gilgamesh he is a arrogant leader but as time goes on becomes more humbled because he realizes his fate. In Ozymandias his great statue that said "kings of kings"overtime was destroyed and ruined.

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The theme of Ozymandias was that every thing will end at some point even power and greatness.That connects to the Epic of Gilgamesh because everyone dies at some point and Gilgamesh wanted immortality.

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The statue showed how powerful it once was.But then when it fell it was forgotten.

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the statue is an example of symbolism. We said this because it shows how ones power doesn't last for ever. Also it doesn't matter how powerful u where someone is gonna be more powerful than you.

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"Ozymandias" and "The Epic of Gilgamesh" both want fame and want to be glorified. Gilgamesh wanted to be remembered for defeating Humbaba and wants immortality. Ozymandias wants complete control his kingdom and wouldn't stop till he got it.

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The statue is symbolism because the statue was so great and big like the king but when it fell he was forgotten just like the statue.

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The statue craved power as well as Gilgamesh.

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The theme of Ozymandias is that power is only temporary and that connects to Gilgamesh because he is not a god but only a demigod and can die which will end his time with power.

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'Ozymandias' is about a legendary ruler who is remembered long after death, similar to Gilgamesh and his legacy. In 'The Epic of Gilgamesh', Gilgamesh is a powerful leader who is disliked because of his attitude and pursuit of fame. This directly mirrors how the king Ozymandias is described by the traveler; even though the king is given almost no back story, we get a clear picture of how alike their stories are.

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In both of the stories the characters wanted fame and power. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh wanted power and in the other the king wanted power.

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One example of symbolism in Ozymandias is when the author was explaining about the fallen statue which could represent the King's fallen kingdom.

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pride can be Your down fall. In Gilgamesh he was boasting and the he died and in the common lit he was talking about how great of a ruler he was and then he wa s forgotten about

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The statue is the symbolism of Ozymandias because it represents who the great king was and how his legacy is carried on even after death.

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a symbol in the poem is the statue. It was this great tall statue in the being but as time went on it withered away and got ruined.

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The connecting themes from the two stories were that power is only temporary. This connects to the Epic of Gilgamesh because Gilgamesh wanted power before he dies.

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'The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed' is symbolism because it represents how the king did not treat his citizens well and abused his power.

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Gilgamesh and Ozymandias are similar because they both were powerful and had their legacies shared after their death.

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Ozymandias connects to the Epic of Gilgamesh by both of them having something taken from them. Ozymandias had his power taken from him and Enkidu was taken from Gilgamesh.

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In both the stories they were powerful and great but both craved more power and be remembered.

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The statue was buried and forgotten about like his legacy

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The statue is a symbol for power because it ends up falling and shows that nothing is everlasting.

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They are both leaders and both kings. They are both powerful, but they won't keep their power forever.

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In both story's they both lost something important to them. Gilgamesh lost Inkadu  and the common lit guy lost power and royalty

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In both stories they are both highly respected and want fame and glory.

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The statue is a symbol of change because when it falls it shows that things are always changing and nothing is permanent.

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In both stories people are very prideful and sometimes a little bit full of themselves.