Introduction Arnold’s view of culture is in many aspects, raises controversies. His doctrines of culture is an elitist view which is an hegemonic concept and also relative. Which can be clearly understood by examining some focal points. Arnold’s Elitist View of Culture As a term "Elite" usually describes a person or group of people who are members of the uppermost class of society and wealth can contribute to that class determination.Arnold’s view of the ‘Perfect Man’ is a controversial idea. The perfection of a man [sic.] depends on his shaping the ‘raw and unkindled masses’ into ‘perfection’. So the underlying assumption seems that people with certain knowledge are the messiahs of humanity, it is their job to ‘enlighten’ the ‘raw and unkindled masses’. In Arnold’s paradigm ‘culture’ finds its diametric opposite in ‘anarchy,’ which functions as a synonym for popular culture, or in other words a description of rough working-class existence. This dichotomy reflects his belief that the political participation of plebian males in 1860s England constitutes a danger to cultivated civilization – some ‘artistic standards’ being his main concern. For him in a society not everyone has the good sense of beauty and intelligence and therefore anyone who lacks these should follow them who have these. Now comes the question that, whether ‘beauty and intelligence’ means imposing ideas rather than sharing them and giving space to the individual so that one may judge on his/her own what to choose. If this notion of imposing ideas and standards upon seeing things is thought of as ‘doing good’ or the removal of ‘human error’ and ‘humans confusion’; then perhaps Arnold’s second aspect of culture called ‘social passion’ needs to be redefined. For, who is to decide what is ‘best’ or what is ‘raw’? Arnold is creating a separation between cultured and uncultured; high culture and low/ ‘