Question

Which of the following best captures a central theme of Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?

• A. The superiority of physical experience over imagination
• B. The ever-changing nature of art and its subjects
• C. The contrast between the eternal nature of art and the fleeting nature of human life
• D. The idea that truth is often hidden behind beauty and must be uncovered through analysis

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The contrast between the eternal nature of art and the fleeting nature of human life

• Keats explores how the figures on the urn are immortalized through art, frozen in time, in contrast to the inevitable change and decay experienced by real life.

• This contrast between the permanence of art and the impermanence of life is a key theme.