Contemplating the Decay of Power

This chapter explores the debate of whether the passage of time or people's uprising is a more effective way to dismantle powerful figures, drawing parallels between the vandalism of a statue in Bristol and Percy Bysshe Shelley's political activism. The contrasting depictions of the statues of Colston and Aussie Mandius are examined, and the lasting influence of Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias' is also discussed.