What is a mock-epic poem? | Illustrate fully the mock epic equality of “The rope if the Lock.” What is a mock-epic poem? | Illustrate fully the mock epic equality of “The rope if the Lock.” What is a mock-epic poem? There were no supernatural spirits in The Rape of the Lock in its original…

Moral lesson of The Rape of the Lock | What moral lesson do you find in The Rape of the Lock? Discuss with illustrations. Moral lesson of The Rape of the Lock That there is an important moral lesson to be drawn from The Rape of the Lock should be clear from the specific purpose…

Comment on the toilet scene in “The Rape of the Lock”. Comment on the toilet scene in “The Rape of the Lock”. Lines 121-148 (at the end of the first canto) of the Rape of the Lock describe Belinda’s toilet scene. There are various reasons for their perennial popularity. First the whole scene is a…

‘The Rape of the Lock’ as a piece of Satire ‘The Rape of the Lock’ as a piece of Satire As a piece of satire, The Rape of the Lock, greatly surpasses all its predecessors. It sparkles in every line. The touch is never too heavy, an air of gay good humour is preserved throughout….

Chaucer’s method of characterization | Write a note on Chaucer’s Characterization | Chaucer as a universal poet of human nature Chaucer’s method of characterization Introduction – Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales has been hailed as a picture gallery by Smith and as a human comedy by Kitterdge. Dryden found in his characters “God’s Plenty”….

How contemporary life is mirrored in ‘The Rape of the Lock’? | What picture of the Eighteenth century social life do we get in ‘The Rape of the Lock’ ? How contemporary life is mirrored in ‘The Rape of the Lock’? The Rape of the Lock is a faithful and true reflection of the eighteenth…

Chaucer’s Humanism | Discuss Chaucer’s Humanism Chaucer’s Humanism Introduction- The effect of humanism on literature was really great. It glorified man and opened his eyes to the beauties of the brave new world’. The full flowering of this movement is to be seen in the sixteenth century England, though it had started in Italy in…

The Prologue as a Picture of Contemporary Society | Discuss the Prologue as a mirror to 14th century | Discuss The Prologue is a picture of contemporary society in Chaucer’s time. The Prologue as a Picture of Contemporary Society An Artistic and Realistic picture of Society – The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales has been…