Ozymandias

I stumbled across a poem recently written by Percy Bysshe Shelly titled Ozymandias, the poem follows the story of a traveller who comes across the ruins of a statue of the Egyptian Pharaoh. This poem has given me an idea to create a piece surrounding a protagonist that is living with such guilt over a past choice or situation. He can't look at his reflection, he can't look at himself in the mirror. we learn more about this character through the reactions of other characters and the interactions he has with them. Like in this poem Ozymandias is only seen or represented through the eyes of the sculptor, the sculptors work is only seen or understood by the traveller, and all of these representations are given another representation through the poets perspective. All the players in the poems narrative give further dimensions to the overall image to the Pharaoh. I intend my piece to follow a similar narrative arc with the characters. I intend to begin scripting soon and will update in a follow up post.