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In Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock,” Pope pokes fun at the rich upper class in order to point out their flaws. In order to satirize his targets, Pope uses many literary devices. Pope uses many understatements to make critical events or issue seem petty and unimportant. ... In order to keep the attention of and entertain his victims of satirism, Pope writes his story in the mock epic form. Pope’s piece is a satire for a past event, however, one should notice the same things in “The Rape of the Lock” that could be satirized in the modern world in order to fix societies flaws. ... At the beginning of his epic, Pope uses an understatement. ... Pope states that in his epic, horrible offenses should come from trivial things. In other words, Pope is foreshadowing that many of the events that will take place are very trivial, making the important events petty. In Canto III, Pope writes about the royal class, which also are included in the upper class. ... ” Pope states that the Queen Anna takes part in trivial acts instead of doing her job. Pope writes as it is no big deal; the Queen does not attend to her duties, but instead takes time for tea.
Approximate Word count = 933
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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