Rape of the Lock 

       The Rape of the Lock was written by Alexander Pope and first published in 1712, then reworked and published again in 1714. The poem is a mock-epic that satirizes the upper-class in London at the time.The story focuses on the central character, Belinda, whose lock of hair is cut off at a social gathering. Although trivial to most, Belinda is outraged that her lock of hair has been cut by the Baron. In the Rape of the Lock, Pope uses Belinda and the Baron to mock two of his acquaintances, Arabella Farmor, and Lord Petre. The poem follows the events of the night, leading up to Belinda’s “horrific” loss.

 1). According to you, who is the protagonist of the poem Clarissa or Belinda? Why ? Give your answer with logical reasons.

     According to me, Belinda is  the protagonist of this poem. Clarissa is the major character of this poem , because at the end she gives her speech.

     Belinda is protagonist of the poem because.,

     1).  The Story based on the life of Belinda 

     2).  The story defines the situation of Belinda 

     3).  In the story, poet describes the lock's of Belinda 

     4).  Belinda losts one of her lock 

     5).  Lord Peter cuts one of her lock for his personal lust 

     6).  Belinda fells that she losts her reputation in      society, because Lord Peter cuts her lock in the social       function .

 We can say that Clarissa's character is major character but we cannot defines her as a protagonist of the poem because this story is based on the situation of Belinda's life 

2).  What is beauty? Write your views about it.

   

   There is two types of beauty ., (1). Inner and (2). Outer

  1). Inner Beauty means a beauty of our thoughts and              behaviour.

  2). Outer Beauty means a beauty which can views by              other people.

     Both the beauty are very important in human life because we can judge if we haven't that beauty. If we have only inner beauty than people gudge us that we always gives the lactures they cannot takes ours behaviour seriously. If we have only outer Beauty is only helps to creat attraction . If we have inner beauty and we haven't outer Beauty than nobody accepts us they gudge our character everywhere.

         For Example :- Frankenstein Novel 

                                     The character of Creature.

        His character is not monster by born or created but the rejection of people make him monster. Here we can see that only inner beauty is not important because if we haven't outer Beauty than nobody can accepts us .

3). Find out a reasearch paper on " The Rape of The Lock". Give the details of the paper and write down in brief what it says about the poem by Alexander Pope.

  Rape of the Lock” the Poem by Alexander Pope Essay

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Updated: Oct 17th, 2021

     The poem “The Rape of the Lock”, which was written by Alexander Pope is a mock-epic poem. Right at the beginning of the poem, the poet has identified it as a “heroic-comical poem”. These types of poems basically are a mockery of humans and the society in which they live.

In the poem under consideration, the poet has depicted petty humans as well as trivial matters as extremely extraordinary. Exaggeration plays a great role in the poem and it is a mockery of the materialistic society.

The Rape of the Lock revolves around Belinda, whose guardian sylph warns her of disaster but she ignores it and gets ready to go for a party. At the party, there is a man called Baron, who has decided to cut off a lock of Belinda’s hair. The people at the party enjoy a game of cards, which has been defined by the poet as a battle. Eventually, Baron takes away a lock of Belinda’s hair, which infuriates her, and here begins a scuffle between the ladies and the gentlemen in which Belinda tries retrieving her lock of hair, but it is lost (The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, p.1). In the words of Belinda, “For ever curs’d be this detested Day, Which snatch’d my best, my fav’rite Curl away!”1

Characters of heroic poetry are used to censure 18th-century civilization in its letdown to go up to heroic standards. By relating unimportant events in gallant terms, he depicts and ridicules the stinginess of the characters concerned. In particular, he scorns the mannerism and arrogance of 18th-century women. The cutting of the hair was taken so seriously that it caused trouble between families who were friends for a very long time (An analysis of Alexander Pope’s depiction of women in “the Rape of the Lock”, p.1 and The Rape of the Lock: A Study Guide, p.1).

5). Write your views about the significance of heir. Is it symbolic ?

    Heir is very important part of human beauty. Without hair no one can be beautiful. Without hair no one can looks beautiful that's why in today's life we can see that everybody worried about hair fall's problem. 

    Everyone loves their heir and mostly woman's are more particular about their heir because heir is the most important part of beauty and woman's are symbolises for the beauty, if man haven't looking good everyone excepts him but if woman's  are not acceptable without beauty.

   Heir is normally symbolise the beauty ,but here heir is symbolises the reputation of belinda. Because Lord Peter cuts her lock of heir at the party that's why she feels insulted and she feels that she loses her everything.