... shrieks to pitying heav"n are cast, when the husbands or when lap dogs breathe their last". Pope here is showing the lack of differentially of importance amongst possessions, a loss is a loss, whether it be a lifelong partner or a furry friend. Pope's poem mocks the men of society by showing them as unworthy forms through comparing them to the more heroic culture. It seems that none ... often moral, but the fact that approach must now be satirical opposed to earnest, which shows how far culture has fallen. These "fashionable absurdities" to which Mack refers are shown through their "joy...

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