The Rape of the Lock

Rape culture is yet another product of a senseless society. It indoctrinates women into believing that rather than teaching men simply to avoid such a brutal act of aggression, women are taught to avoid being raped all together. As if it were to be willingly brought upon themselves in any way. Such an obscured perspective is strengthened by the flawed reality that the victims of rape are typically blamed rather than the rapist himself. Very few individuals have a thorough understanding of the…

In John Milton’s, “Paradise Lost” there is a display of symbolism that comes across his writing. A great example of symbolism is that of the garden of Eden. In Alexander Popes, “The Rape of the Lock” there is a symbolism of materialistic importance and vanity. While in William Blake’s, “The marriage of Heaven and Hell” the symbolism is that of visions of angels and hell. These authors incorporate their symbolism in a way to send across a message whether it is the background story of Satan, the…

Alexander Pope. He was born in London in 1688 and was very ill as a child. He practiced Roman Catholicism. Pope wrote during the English Augustin Era. He is best known for his heroic couplets which are bountiful in The Rape of the Lock. Alexander Pope’s works such as The Rape of the Lock are often debated on whether or not Pope was supportive of or against feminism. Although feminism would have a much different connotation then present day the principle can still be applied to further analyze…

maidenhead; this, when compared to the scale of worth applied to heroes in epic poetry, immediately raises the level of triviality within The Rape of the Lock. Epic heroes are considered important if they adhere to the warrior code which promulgates the idea of honourable death by fighting to defend your partner. The only battle in which women throughout The Rape of the Lock take part in is a war of meticulous words at which “reputation[s] die” with each utterance. The relationships and…

Gulliver’s Travels also composed by Jonathan Swift. The essay A Modest Proposal and the fictional story Gulliver’s Travels deal with the injustices that were imposed by either the Emperor or the injustice of having beggars and overpopulation. The Rape Of The Lock deals with a strife between two families which Alexander Pope was asked to write a poem to reconcile the two families. We should…

and categories. For example, rape, there are four types of rapists. The highest common rapist is power reassurance perpetrators. These rapists target strangers who are around their age for social gain due to a dysfunctional sexual encounter. Due to the various crimes and intentions of crimes, it takes an adequate investigation and evidence to catch most criminals. Furthermore, rape is being recognized as a new slang word rather than a real violent act. Rape is rape, everyone who commits the…

getting shot, they usually only steal and victimize houses that aren’t occupied. Also, women who are prepared with knowledge of guns and how to use them will stop crime. After a rape epidemic in Orlando, Florida, police responded by initializing a publicized program training women to use firearms. As a result, in Florida, rape rates fell 88% and burglary rates dropped 22% (Kopel 15). Likewise, a women was attacked by a man with a knife and a lady nearby, with her legal handgun, shot and severely…

If a man or boy had beaten up a teenage girl the only question anyone would ask is how quickly can we lock the prison door and throwaway the key? But if she’s raped, then apparently we have to ask several questions such as: “How was she dresses?” “Was she drunk?” “Was she alone with them?”. In a normal world, a victim of sexual assault would always be met with empathy but instead victims are often met with scepticism. This doesn’t make any sense as we don’t apply this sort of logic to any other…

acts such as rape forever scaring people who have to endure it. The psychological and physical pain is unimaginable. There is an average of 240 rapes per day and 32,000 pregnancies each year reported from victims. The human capacity of love and physical intimacy can in some cases become so corrupt as to produce it’s opposite side in forms of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment, but while reading this chapter it was still hard to truly understand how there are so many accounts of rape each…

further acts of violence against women. There are a few misinformed people who feel that a rape victim is asking for it due to their promiscuous behavior, friendliness or they were dressed inappropriately. It is all too easy to blame the the victim and brush the motives and acts carried out by the rapist under the rug, but the simple fact remains that the victim is absolutely not responsible for the rape in any way, shape or form. Any woman at any time can become instantly placed in a…