“The Rape of the Lock”
Standard/Objective
Mock Epic
The Rape of the Lock
Background
“The Rape of the Lock” can actually be
reworded to simply mean:
The violent theft of a lock of hair.
Who committed the real-life theft? He is
known as the baron in the story.
Robert, Lord Petre p. 526
Who was the damsel in distress? Known as
Belinda in the story.
Arabella Fermor p. 526
The Rape of the Lock
Antithesis:
Antithesis…
Characters
Essential Elements
of a mock epic
Textual Evidence in The Rape of the Lock
Citations!!! (Probst 526)
Provide 2 examples in each category.
Dignified Language /
Exaggeration/
Antithesis
1. Exaggeration (528)
2. Antithesis (529)
3. Exaggeration (531)
Elaborate figures of
speech (metaphors,
similes, symbols,
allusions, etc.)
1. Allusion (529)
Supernatural
Intervention
1. (530) italics
2. Juxtaposition (528)
2. (531)
The Rape of the Lock
The Story…
The Rape of the Lock
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The Rape of the Lock
Standard/Objective
Essential Elements
of a mock epic
Textual Evidence in The Rape of the Lock
Citations!!! (Probst 526)
Provide 2 examples in each category.
Dignified Language /
Exaggeration/
Antithesis
1. Exaggeration (528)
drinking coffee on lines 34-38. Pope
glorifies it by elevating the boring act into an event. He satirizes the
ritual of them and their coffee.
2. Antithesis (529)
description of the scissors. Pope spreads the
scissors to enclose the lock; joins the scissors to divide the lock.
3. Exaggeration (531)
“Restore the lock!” Pope embellishes the
lock of hair to be something way more important than it is.
Elaborate figures of
speech (metaphors,
similes, symbols,
allusions, etc.)
1. Allusion (529)
Supernatural
1. (530) italics
“fear the gods, think of Scyilla’s fate” The
Odyssey (531) reference to Othello
2. Juxtaposition (528)
line 86 Husbands/lapdogs
traveling down to Hades to gather the bag of