Plot
What is happening at the beginning of the chapter, and what happening in the U.S?
Richard Nixon is going to a military base to be protected from potential nuclear war.
What motifs does the radar highlight?
The smiley face or doomsday clock
Who did the mariner kill?
A man and a woman on horses
whose desk do Rorscach and Nite Owl visit to gain information?
Ozymandias's
Where is Ozymandias's fortress and what is it called?
Kanak in Antarctica
Where are Nite Owl and Rorschach going at the end of the chapter?
Karnak
What do the triangle symbols represent?
The pyramid Deliveries and therefore Ozymandias
How did the Mariner kill the people?
He killed one person with a rock, and he strangled the other
what two characters do rorsach and nite owl meet at Happy Harry's bar?
Roy chess, ozymandias's attempted assassin and a knop top who might have been tied to the death of hollis mason.
What is the chapter called?
Two riders were approaching...
Why did Rorschach go back to his apartment after being rescued?
To get his backup costume
What does the nuclear symbol show about Ozymandias?
The nuclear symbol is present when Ozymandias is watching the TV, showing that he has nuclear power in his hands.
What did the mariner do after he killed the people?
He tied the woman to the horse, he got on the other horse and started riding towards Davidstown with both horses
Who is the woman who Rorschach ran into at his apartment and why was he mad at her?
Mrs. Shairp, his neighbor, who had made false claims that he had made sexual advances on her
What is Ozymandias's pet and what is its name?
A lynx called Bubastis
What is the name of the company that Adrian Veidt owns?
pyramid deliveries
What do magazines and signs represent?
The tensions in the world and potential for nuclear war
what might the author max shea dying show about the plot?
foreshadowing for doomsday in general but also rorscach's possible doom as he embodies the main character
what critical information do Rorscach and nite owl determine about Ozymandias that propels them to visit his fortress?
Ozymandias owns pyramid deliveries, which confirms his role in the death of the Comedian.
What is the ship in the chapter and what happens to it?
the ship carries Pyramid Deliveries, it explodes
What pattern does Ozymandias notice in some of the ads on his screens?
He notices an "erotic undercurrent in times of war"
What are the repeated Egyptian motifs related to Ozzymandius, and what do they represent?
Ramesses II (Adrian's computer password) - an all-powerful and the most successful Egyptian ruler, winning all of his wars but one
Karnak - the name of Ozzymandius' fortress and the name of an Egyptian temple
Pyramid deliveries - Ozzymandius' business
what does the mariner represent as seen through a common motif in the novel used here in the black freighter.
the answer is death, as he rides a pale horse
Which historical figure does Ozymandias compare himself to
Rameses II
what might the cargo ship having a triangle on it show about the plot and the future of the novel in general.
there was a bomb in the ship that killed Max shea, whose black freighter comic represents Rorscachs character