Analysis of pem The Rape of the lock"

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Analysis of pem “The Rape of the lock" Alexander Pope written the poem “The Rape of the Lock” during the period of 1712-1714. The original version of 1712 contained only two cantos. It was so popular in London literary circles, and Pope had so much enjoyment in its creation, that he expanded it to five cantos. The version we know today appeared in 1714 and has been praised as the finest example of a mock-epic in all of English literature. The real life situation that occasioned Pope's masterpiece is that a Lord Petre, in a moment of impish gallantry and shameless effrontery, snipped a lock of hair from the head of Arabella Fermor. He was moved to this brash impudence by his attraction to the beautiful Arabella, who becomes Belinda in Pope's satirical treament. Petre becomes the Baron. Pope elected to shape his poem in the elaborate style of the classic epic. This involved observation of certain required traditions: thee invocation to the muse or inspirational spirit, the playing of a game that becomes a symbol of battle, the description of the heroes' armor, and a descent into the underworld. Here's the story of this mighty epic. At a party, a baron snips off a little piece of Belinda's hair. Belinda has a tantrum. Clarissa, who had some part in the prank, tries to talk her into being calm and forgetting about it. Belinda, instead, begins a fight. the men and women at the party get into it. The lock of hair is lost. That such a silly and inconsequential event is magnified into an epic struggle between angelic forces is the very height of satire. Pope employs an angel named Ariel to warn Belinda, and to assist her. An evil imp, a gnome, named Umbriel supernaturally causes Belinda to lose her temper. The angels carry the lost lock of hair into heaven to place it there as a constellation. A simple game of cards becomes a heady martial contest equivalent to
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