... Rape of Lock" by Alexander Pope is the most perfect example of mock-epic genre. The poem functions as a satire on interesting facts of fashionable life. The Rape of the Lock was written because of a brawl between two Roman Catholic families, the Fermors, and the Petres caused by an irrelevant incident: (when the Baron cuts off a lock ... of Belinda's hair). The main protagonist is Belinda and she acts as an epic hero. Pope's way of satirizing ... and Baron tries to return it, but he fails to succeed. At the end, we can see rising of a dead hero into the paradise. The lock disappears in...

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... he sincerity inject the lack of "ethical judgement"; "The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury men may dine". Pope's physical appearance shaped his poetry, he continuously seems to find, create and express the beautiful -"The Rival of his beams"-and wanting, as ... and the altar of love. "The inferior Priestless, at her altar side, Trembling, begins the sacred Rites of Pride." Pope's continuous mock-heroic treatment in Rape of the Lock combines both the "affection" and "disarray", Mack describes, into the undercurrent of his writings; it underscores the rid...

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... -educated, subtle man. He represented traditional civilization and public virtue. All of these traits were clearly shown in his writing. The criticism of Pope's satirical work was always very clear and in good taste. In The Rape of the Lock, Pope did not come out straight out and criticize the two families for blowing the situation out of proportion. Instead he symbolized the event ... into a comical-heroic poem to two families recognize the absurdity of the feud. The Rape of the Lock shows why most everyone had the utmost respect for Alexander ... Pope. On the other hand, Jonathan Swif...

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... in which he termed Pope as an inefficient critic. Pope retaliated by making Theobald the hero in his poem, Dunciad, which is an indisputable example of violent satire. The poem clearly alienates Pope's satire from that of other writers. The Rape of Lock is perhaps one of Pope's greatest works in poetry ... . In this poem he demonstrates aspects of the restoration period literary work. One of the ways through which Pope achieves satire is through ironic juxtaposition. ... knowledge and order the society had adopted a veneer of traditions and vanities that disguised their true actions (Na...

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