"Rape Of The Lock" Flashcards
Canto 1
The dream of Belinda and her at her dressing table
Canto 2
Belinda on her voyage to Hampton court
Canto 3
The game of ombré and the loss of the lock
Canto 4
Belinda in the cave of spleen
Canto 5
The battle for the lock
What is the spleen considered as
The seat of emotions, passions, ill temper
What is being satirized in the poem
The value bestowed upon beauty and the preparations like sacred rites The indiscrinimations of values Female faults and vanity Frivolous pursuits of rich Seeking pleasure over responsibility Sexual tension between sexes
Belinda
Based on Arabella Fermor
The baron
The one who snips her hair
Lord petre
One who cuts the lock
Ariel
Guardian of Belinda
Umbriel
Takes over when Ariel leaves
Gnome
Clarissa
Gives speech
Shock
Dog
Alexander pope
Poet 18th century
Deformed (cow 12)
Catholic
Hunchback toad
Developed signature style (rhyming heroic couplets)
Became friends with Jonathan swift
Translated Iliad and odyssey (made him famous)