Alexander Pope uses The Rape of the Lock to point out flaws in British society and upper-class behavior. In lines 15-16, Pope criticizes the way that everyone has a reputation before people get to know them. Once people get to know each other their views on their personality and character change. Lines 21-22 are meant to show the readers that the judicial system at the time were corrupt and unfair. The “hungry judges” are anxious to put people into prison and celebrate after the case has been closed. By comparing the death of a husband or lapdog to the breaking of china, Pope criticizes the values of women. In lines 111-114, Pope demonstrates to the readers that British women at the time valued their material objects such as china glasses
