Pope Rape of the Lock - Aims and Nature of the Satire

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    Aims/Nature of

    Pope's Satire

    Social Pretension

    Reputation vs. honour

    Virginityboat trip

    fops and beaux

    dress

    Trivialisation

    Honour easily lost

    Other poets materialism

    lap dogs more important than husbands

    attitudes

    Artificial

    Patronage

    Queen Anne

    beauty aids from India and Arabia

    Puffs, powders, patches

    Vanities

    Intellectual 'great' poets

    Belinda's cosmetics

    Sylph's vanities reflect those they had on earth

    Selfishness

    Coquettes

    Exploitation of sylphs

    Malleability of women

    Lord Petre wishes to long possess the prize

    Manipulative

    Abuse of charms

    Abuse of husbands

    Exploitation

    Women

    Poets

    Religion

    Altar of Lord Petre

    Belinda's toiletteBibles carelessly tossed in

    Belinda wears a cross

    Conceit

    Mankind

    Decorum

    Self-adoration of Belinda

    Belinda's eyes are brighter than the sun

    STAVSMERC.mmap - 27/06/2009 - Roger Knight