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A 5 page examination of the poem "The
Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope. The paper examines how Pope may well be
ridiculing epic poets of the time, such as Milton, and also ridiculing such people as Belinda
and her family. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApopelk.rtf
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and the epic poem, and also mocks the society of those who were pretentious and wealthy in the time period. This is evident in many ways, including the reason for
writing the poem in the first place, as we shall discuss. He presents an exaggerated poem that speaks of mockery in many ways. In the following paper we examine how
Popes poem offers a mockery of the epics of the time period, and then examine how his mockery of Belinda and society is obvious as well. Mocking Epics
Nearly every source one can find, in terms of explicating this particular poem, speaks of its presence as a mockery of epics of the time period. One author states that
"Because The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic poem, Pope uses many rhetorical devices in an exaggerated way, for comic effect. For this reason, the poem is a useful
text for the study of these devices, since they stand out more than in poems which use them seriously (and therefore, usually, less obtrusively)" (Anonymous The Rape of the Lock
rape1.htm). Another author illustrates that "Popes poem is a mock-epic, parodying the structure and language of the classical narratives that had served since the Middle Ages as the models for
literature at its grandest" (McDaniel 1-15pope.htm). It is a general consensus that Popes work is what is known as a mock-epic. Bearing that in mind we turn to further examining
how he is mocking other epics. We provide the first examination in the following: "He begins with an epic theme statement that echoes the first line of The Aeneid of
Virgil: Arma virorumque cano, Of arms and the man I sing O Heavenly Muse! that dire offense from amrous causes springs,/ What mighty contests rise from trivial things,/ I sing.
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