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Pope Rape of The Lock - Summary

The document outlines various literary devices and techniques used in Alexander Pope's poem "The Rape of the Lock," including fixed epithets, juxtaposition, diminution, irony, and vignettes. It also notes the poem uses mock heroic elements and hyperbole to satirize trivial social behaviors and vanities through trivializing a minor incident and exaggerating its impact. The poem aims to critique pretension, conceit, manipulation, and the exploitation of religion through its satirical style.

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Pope Rape of The Lock - Summary

The document outlines various literary devices and techniques used in Alexander Pope's poem "The Rape of the Lock," including fixed epithets, juxtaposition, diminution, irony, and vignettes. It also notes the poem uses mock heroic elements and hyperbole to satirize trivial social behaviors and vanities through trivializing a minor incident and exaggerating its impact. The poem aims to critique pretension, conceit, manipulation, and the exploitation of religion through its satirical style.

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Roger Knight
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Features

Fixed epithet
Idiom
Zeugma
Religion and Omens
Diminution
Moral
Deflation
Machinery
Juxtaposition Mock Heroic Features
Omnipotence
Irony
Technique Grandeur
Vignettes
Diction
Romantic descriptions
Actual Classical Myth
Hyperbole/Conceit
Anticlimax Rape of the Lock
Antithesis Summary
Social Pretension
Trivialisation
Artificial
Comparison
Vanities
Repetition
Selfishness
Accumulation Aims & nature of Satire
Manipulation
Parallelism Devices
Exploitation
Juxtaposition
Religion
Contrast
Conceit

Rape of the Lock Summary.mmap - 03/05/2009 - Roger Knight

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