Chapter 2 Flashcards
In Pope’s essay on criticism, what does he say to take first?
He says to first take Nature and frame your judgements by her standard: (life, force, and beauty)
How does Pope describe the rules?
he says they are of old discovered and come from nature, not devised by man
In part 2, what is the “never-failing voice of fools”?
pride
Pope encourages us to know our defects and make use of what?
every friend and foe
Toward the end of part 2, Pope says “the vulgar through imitation err” and then he comments on how the learned or scholar errs. How does that kind of person err?
The scholar errs by scorning the crowd and trying to be singular or unique, intentionally choosing a different way solely for the sake of being different, regardless of whether the way is right or wrong.
Why couldn’t Alexander Pope attend the schools in England where he grew up?
Because he was Roman Catholic, he couldn’t go to public schools since the Test Acts in England in the 1700s forbade Roman Catholics from attending English schools.
What was Pope’s marital status?
He never married or had a relationship with anyone.
What beverage became popular during this (Pope’s) time?
coffee
Pope says there are more what than bad poets?
bad critics
How did the ancient Greeks describe the relationship between art and nature?
Art is nature disguised; i.e., things in art should appear natural.
Pope’s Iliad sounds more like what famous classical poet rather than Homer?
Because it is written in iambic pentameter, it sounds more like Virgil than Homer.
