Presentations on the Ode on a Grecian Urn Claire and Sandra Idealistic world vs.

the real world Contrast is drawn Real world Descriptive words such as, parching burning are used Boring Death is present Seasons, spring budding Everything is changing Idealistic World Wild interesting Usage of sensory Happy ever ending Dwells in the past

Arya Interesting how he observes the earn/ whats gong on Actively inquiring Changes from an observer to an active inquirer He comes up with answers himself because the urn wasnt telling him anything He uses beautiful images hence it is imaginable not realistic Reflects about the nature of beauty The urn their love will never end and the things that are beautiful never last Truth is beauty ultimate value is beauty, subjective interpretation/ subjective interpretation hence it lets you know about yourself Parallel between

Beauty causes emotional change in him

Gurleen and Justin Classification Diverges open ended questions Mystery of the urn Ambiguity of the urn Purpose Usage of question Effect Question the validity of the ambiguous question E.g. we gather Strengthen the wall between the observer and the person Examination of the external question No one cannot tell the question of the We are not supposed to question but just enjoy the art thats in front world Taylor question Greek mythology happy and turns into something nasty in the end e.g. Madea You cant just be nice love it turns into something Farida Concept of eternity Contrasts the possibility Use of the word cannot Paradoxes serve the concept of being free Climax expectation of positive expression Moving from an observer to being a participant

Negative Vs positive the division Positive at first ad turns into something negative irony Use of contrasts, irony emphasises the eternity Matt and Elle 4th stanza is given a story when really they are frozen in time Characters None can really no who or what they are The ability of art to carry the Move of different idea from the 3rd to the forth Individual interpretation and its values are subjective Invention of new urn Celebrates the value of art, Paradox life within death and death within life The description of the cows beauty and the irony of it being killed It was aware of its death; it was a holy cow Significance of Locations River, mountain Draws us to the beauty ambiguity of the picture as he moves from who to what Realisation that the town is empty draws him back to reality: Withdraws from his ability to interact with the picture and notices its just an urn The dangerous of reality Vs. Imaginary Gabe and Sarah Speaker never participates He is withdrawn from the urn as he is not in the Urn it was just an imagination He just a participant in his mind hence he is experiencing it Sensory imagery is given an example i.e. when we taste food or see something Emphasis on how our understanding of art is subjective

Connection between beauty and truth, i.e. art An instantaneous experience b/c he returns to reality All the images are within the urn and the fact that they are just in the urn Color contrast is mentioned Last stanza highlights the speakers the imagination Stanza five speakers imagination becomes a reality beauty becomes truth becomes truth..