Which quotation signals arrogance?

Which quotation signals arrogance?

• A. King of Kings
• B. Look on my works, ye mighty
• C. Nothing beside remains
• D. Round the decay of that colossal wreck

Answer: (B)

Arrogance is shown when the speaker directly boasts about his power and orders others to admire it. In this line from Ozymandias, the speaker proclaims, “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”—a deliberate taunt that asserts superiority and demands that the powerful gaze upon his achievements with awe and fear. The imperative and the address to “the Mighty” foreground a self-important boast. The other phrases describe decay or ruin rather than boast about power, so they don’t signal arrogance in the same direct way.

Arrogance is shown when the speaker directly boasts about his power and orders others to admire it. In this line from Ozymandias, the speaker proclaims, “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”—a deliberate taunt that asserts superiority and demands that the powerful gaze upon his achievements with awe and fear. The imperative and the address to “the Mighty” foreground a self-important boast. The other phrases describe decay or ruin rather than boast about power, so they don’t signal arrogance in the same direct way.