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Consider The Rape of the Lock as a social satire by Alexander Pope

Among the satirists of English literature, Alexander Pope occupies a great place. He belonged to the school of a juvenile. Pope had less of the mellow wisdom of Horace’s maturity and more of the...

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What Use of Machinery does Pope Make in The Rape of the Lock?

The term "machinery" is invented by the critics, to signify the special role played by deities, angels, demons, and even by gods in a poem. In the ancient epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey and...

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Use of Divine Machinery in The Rape of the Lock

In English literature, the name of Alexander Pope will always remain immortal. In all of his works, he has proved himself to be a master of keen observation of life. Combining his artistic quality of...

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The Rape of the Lock as a Mock-heroic Poem by Alexander Pope

A mock-heroic poem is a poetic form based on the epic structure on a miniature scale to deal with a trivial theme. It has all the characteristics of an epic poem. The epic deals with a theme...

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Pope’s Attitude towards Women & Men as Fashionable in The Rape of the Lock

The epigram of Martial prefixed to the poem implies that The Rape of the Lock was written to heal the rancor of a lady named Mrs. Arabella Fermor. Yet to praise a lady for her charms or to console...

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Alexander Pope’s Attitude to Belinda in The Rape of the Lock

To answer this question we must know that The Rape of the Lock is the truest and loveliest satirical picture of the days of Alexander Pope. It is a poem ridiculing the fashionable world of his time....

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