Answer:
The correct answer is C. One of the most important ideas of “Ozymandias” is the meaninglessness of earthly power.
Step-by-step explanation:
Ozymandias is a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published on January 11, 1818, but written in 1817, and is probably the most famous poem by the romantic poet, and perhaps one of the clearest examples of the political philosophy underlying his literary movement. In addition to the power of its themes and images, the poem is notable for its virtuous diction. The scheme of the sonnet rhyme is unusual and creates a sinuous and intertwined effect.
Ozymandias was an alias of Ramses the Great, pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt.
The sonnet paraphrases the inscription on the base of a statue, given by Diodorus Siculus in his Bibliotheca historica, as "King of Kings Ozymandias am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work".
The central theme of "Ozymandias" is the inevitable decline of all the leaders and empires that these build no matter how powerful they were in their time.