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Rape of the Lock as A Social Satire

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Mah Noor
Mah Noor

Pope's poem "Rape of the Lock" is a social satire that ridicules the follies and vices of 18th century aristocratic society through humor and wit. It satirizes young aristocratic men and women, portraying their trivial pursuits of fashion, beauty, and romance. Through the character of Belinda, it represents women as being confined to superficial acts like sleeping, makeup, and attracting men. It also pokes fun at men's weakness for beauty, as well as husbands' distrust of wives and judges' hasty rulings. The poem uses delicate satire to reflect on and aim to reform the artificial lives of 18th century high society.

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Rape of the lock as a social satire
Contents : • Definition of satire • Rape of the lock • Belinda, a women of 18th century • Man nature • Husband and wives • judges
Definition of satire •Derived from the Latin word “satira” . oIt is a literary attack on the follies and vices of an individual or society with a view of correcting them through laughter and ridicule written either in prose or verse.
Rape of the lock as social satire • Pope satirizes the young boys, girls aristocratic women and men, their free time activities, nature of husband and wives, the professionals.
Belinda, a women of 18th century •The world of Belinda is a world of fashion or a trivial world. •The whole life of Belinda is confined to sleeping make up, enjoyment and alluring the affection, malice and submissive nature. •Through Belinda, Pope represent the women of 18th century which are busy in all these stupidities.
Satirizes man nature •Pope represents the aristocratic gallants of the age. •Pope satirizes man’s nature that is always weak at beauty.
• Man sacrifices everything at the alter of the beauty and even most intelligent man behave foolishly when he falls a victim of beauty.
Satirize husband and wives •Husband always thinks that their wives have been marry-making with their lovers. •Wives are also not virtuous at all. •Wives love their lapdogs more than their husbands and the death of husbands is not more shocking than the death of lapdog.
Satirize judges •Pope satirize judges for making hasty decisions.
Conclusion • To sum up, the poem is a reflection of this artificial and hollow life, painted with a humorous and delicate satire. • Through this poem, Pope wants to reform his society. • Pope’s satire is unique intellectual and full of wit and epigram.
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Rape of the Lock as A Social Satire

  • 1. Rape of the lock as a social satire
  • 2. Contents : • Definition of satire • Rape of the lock • Belinda, a women of 18th century • Man nature • Husband and wives • judges
  • 3. Definition of satire •Derived from the Latin word “satira” . oIt is a literary attack on the follies and vices of an individual or society with a view of correcting them through laughter and ridicule written either in prose or verse.
  • 4. Rape of the lock as social satire • Pope satirizes the young boys, girls aristocratic women and men, their free time activities, nature of husband and wives, the professionals.
  • 5. Belinda, a women of 18th century •The world of Belinda is a world of fashion or a trivial world. •The whole life of Belinda is confined to sleeping make up, enjoyment and alluring the affection, malice and submissive nature. •Through Belinda, Pope represent the women of 18th century which are busy in all these stupidities.
  • 6. Satirizes man nature •Pope represents the aristocratic gallants of the age. •Pope satirizes man’s nature that is always weak at beauty.
  • 7. • Man sacrifices everything at the alter of the beauty and even most intelligent man behave foolishly when he falls a victim of beauty.
  • 8. Satirize husband and wives •Husband always thinks that their wives have been marry-making with their lovers. •Wives are also not virtuous at all. •Wives love their lapdogs more than their husbands and the death of husbands is not more shocking than the death of lapdog.
  • 9. Satirize judges •Pope satirize judges for making hasty decisions.
  • 10. Conclusion • To sum up, the poem is a reflection of this artificial and hollow life, painted with a humorous and delicate satire. • Through this poem, Pope wants to reform his society. • Pope’s satire is unique intellectual and full of wit and epigram.