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A 5 page overview of Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” and Jonathan Swift’s “The Lady’s Dressing Room”. Noting the importance of neoclassical satire in eliciting societal change, this paper emphasizes these authors use of satire, identifying points of similarity as well as areas of uniqueness. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Satire has been employed for centuries as a means of effecting societal change. Neoclassical literature, in particular, is noted for its use of satire.
Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift alike have both distinguished themselves in their outstanding ability to use satire to critique society. Swift, for example, has utilized satire on countless occasions
to ridicule those customs, ideas and habits, which he considers either ridiculous or actually harmful (Glendinning 37). Pope is often credited with ventures into this arena as well.
While in some cases such a satirical approach is somewhat abrasive, reflecting a deep bitterness in neoclassical authors, in most cases it provides a humorous outlet for these authors
as well as for their readers. While in previous works both Swift and Pope have proven themselves quite capable of satirizing truly serious societal circumstances, however, the two poems
in question in this paper are sometimes viewed quite inconsequential in comparison. Popes "Rape of the Lock" and Swifts "The Ladys Dressing Room" are often not considered true critiques
of society but rather tongue-in-cheek productions about female vanity. Nothing could be further from the case. It seems that Popes "Rape of
the Lock" came about as the result of a real life disagreement between lovers, one whose pride was wounded by what was really an inconsequential act (Sifred). Pope was
called into the fray by a friend who hoped that peace would be achieved by putting the incident into the perspective of the written word (Sifred). He could have
chosen no better man for the task than Alexander Pope. Utilizing neoclassical satire Pope approached his task as though it were one of
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