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Why might the eternal youth of the figures on the urn in Ode on a Grecian Urn be seen as both positive and negative?

APositive because they represent ideal beauty; negative because their beauty is unattainable and artificial.

BPositive because they are free from pain; negative because they never experience change or growth

CPositive because they are immortalized in art; negative because they are detached from real life and emotions.

DPositive because they inspire awe and wonder; negative because they evoke envy and regret in the viewer.

Answer:

B. Positive because they are free from pain; negative because they never experience change or growth

Read Explanation:

  • Thus, eternal youth symbolizes both freedom from human suffering and a kind of static existence without growth or real fulfillment.


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