The Restoration Era was from 1660 to 1785, and there were many significant events that took place during the time period, such as: Charles II became King, the Great Fire destroyed most of London, the English Parliament enacted Penal Laws, the Boston Tea Party occurred, and the American Revolution began. Meanwhile, writers of the Restoration Era, such as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, focused their writings on the trend of satire, verbal irony, and also parody. Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope wrote in the Restoration Era. The Restoration Period began in 1660 when King Charles II took the throne. The Restoration Period lasted from 1660 to 1785, most of the eighteenth century. The literature of that time was divided into three different periods that were each forty years long. The first period of literature was Rrestoration literature in, 1660 to 1700, and it emphasized on sexual intrigue and saturized the elite’s social behavior with witty dialogue. The writing style started to grow more like witty, urbane conversation unlike the previous rhetorical style of writing. The second period of literature was
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In a mock epic, the comedy arises from the discrepancy between its trivial subject matter and its grandiose treatment (source). In “The Rape of the Lock” Pope wrote about a man cutting off a lock of a woman’s gorgeous, curly hair which was a big deal. Later in the story, everyone found out that the lock of hair that was cut turned into a comet. The lock of hair turning into a comet was ironic because the woman wanted the lock back and the man that cut it thought that he was going to get to keep it. The lock of hair being cut out of the woman’s hair started a quarrel between two families and had they been less sensible, their anger might have turned into bitter hatred. Pope and Swift wrote stories and poems that followed the trend of satire, verbal irony, and parody of the Restoration
In a mock epic, the comedy arises from the discrepancy between its trivial subject matter and its grandiose treatment (source). In “The Rape of the Lock” Pope wrote about a man cutting off a lock of a woman’s gorgeous, curly hair which was a big deal. Later in the story, everyone found out that the lock of hair that was cut turned into a comet. The lock of hair turning into a comet was ironic because the woman wanted the lock back and the man that cut it thought that he was going to get to keep it. The lock of hair being cut out of the woman’s hair started a quarrel between two families and had they been less sensible, their anger might have turned into bitter hatred. Pope and Swift wrote stories and poems that followed the trend of satire, verbal irony, and parody of the Restoration