SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odor of dusty cretonne. She was tired.Few people passed. The man out of the last house passed on his way home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement …
In this article, we are going to answer a major question that in The Rape of the Lock, Pope has presented an imaginative critique of the fashionable world of his time. What moral tension lies under the glittering surface of society? Mirror of Society The Rape of the Lock is basically a mirror to the …
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Mock-epic is a long narrative poem, which satisfies all the tests of epic poetry. It is a literary work in which the epic or heroic tradition is ridiculed or mocked, like the cutting off a lock of a women’s hair, which is the story that is related to Pope in the Rape of the lock. …
In this article, we are going to discuss in detail that if the addition of supernatural machinery has enhanced the poetic value of The Rape of The Lock. “The Rape of the Lock” basically consisted of two cantos, which described the main incident of the game of cards and the cutting of the lock and …
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In these notes, we are going to cover the question: Is Pope’s treatment fair or unfair to women? The poem “The Rape and the Lock” is delicate, playful for and humorous. Basically, it is a witty satire on the upper-class society of England of the eighteenth century. In fact, Pope has satirized feminine frivolity. It …
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