THINKING ACTIVITY RAPE OF THE LOCK

The rape of the lock is a mock heroic poem by the Alexander pope.here i am sharing some question&answer related to this lesson the  RAPE OF THE LOCK.  the all answers are given  according  to my point  of view.

(1)What is beauty? Write your own  views about beauty?

Beauty  is not only thing by which  we can attrack  the person. According  to my view beauty has two type 

(1)outer beauty

(2) inner beauty 

 According  to my view outer beauty  is more important in now a days . Itis .ore superficial than the inner beauty no one looks at your inner beauty.As per society if you are looking very gorgeous by outer beauty you are very good person no one has notice your inner beauty.

If you are looking not so good by outer beauty, than the every person of society judge you in different  level&different  point of view no one  notice how good you are by inner side, no matter how you  think?people always judge you by the  outer beauty.

Here  in the RAPE  OF THE LOCK  for belienda   beauty  is more important.   She has pride on  TWO CURLY LOCKS . As the poem ends the lock of hair cut by the baron with the help of her lady friend Clarissa .

(2)According  to you who is protagonist of the poem belienda or Clarissa?why?Give  your answer with logical reasons

According  to my point of view Clarissa  is more appropriate  character to become a protagonist because  as a protagonist  character have some qualities  which Clarissa  has but belienda  has not those such type of quality. As per poet belienda is a person  who loves her beauty a lot. She is living as per  condition of society , but as a protagonist  she has not so attractive  and appropriate  personality as Clarissa has. Clarissa has a quality which a protagonist  character should have first of all, she has a fearless nature, she is a person who is not given so much  importance  to her beauty, for her the condition of society is not much important , or we can say she is free to prove her point without any hesitation. And last but not least  we can say that she is voice of author. This is a  most important  charterstics a protagonist  should have. By this characteristics  I can say that Clarissa  is most appropriate  to became a protagonist  of the RAPE OF THE LOCK

(3)Find out a research  paper  on the rape of the lock give details about the research  paper and write down in brief what does it say about the RAPE OF THE LOCK

Alexander Pope was an 18^th century English poet. He was best known for his satirical verses and mocking poetry. He wrote many great poems among which ‘An Essay on Criticism’, ‘The Rape of the Lock’, and ‘Essay on man’ are the most prominent poems. His poem, The Rape of the Lock is considered as the finest mock-epic of the 18^th century. The central incident in the poem is the theft of a lock of hair and the resulting quarrel between two families.

The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem. In this poem, Pope has mocked the triviality of the contemporary period. At his time, the trivial matters held much importance. In the title, the poet associates the serious matter of ‘rape’ with the trivial theft of a ‘lock of the hair’. By doing this, he showed how unnecessary things were given serious attention at that time.

His poem is written in five cantos. The poem satirizes a minor incident by comparing it to the epic world of gods. The poem was inspired by an actual incident which had been recounted by his friend, John Caryll. It was about the members of the aristocratic-catholic family. Peter, having a high rank in the society, cut off a lock of hair of Arabella without her permission. This act created a breach between two families. The narrative of the poem revolved around this incident.