Question

What is the theme of The Scholar Gipsy?

• A. The tragic tale of a young scholar who falls in love with a gipsy woman, leading to his downfall.
• B. A commentary on the societal struggles and marginalization of the gipsy community in 19th-century England.
• C. A man who abandons Oxford to wander with gypsies
• D. The intellectual journey of a scholar who leaves Oxford to find enlightenment in foreign lands.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. A man who abandons Oxford to wander with gypsies

• In "The Scholar Gipsy," Matthew Arnold tells the story of an Oxford scholar who leaves academic life to join a band of gypsies, seeking truth and deeper meaning beyond the confines of modern society.

• The poem reflects Arnold's recurring themes of disillusionment with modern life and longing for a purer existence.