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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoI noticed how Pope literally compares the men’s intelligence to Belinda’s hair. It makes the whole situation seem ridiculous because something as small as a lock of hair is being treated like it has more imp […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoI think this is funny because Pope makes it sound like the guys are actually dying in battle, but they are really just getting embarrassed by words and flirting. It makes the whole fight seem way more dramatic […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoThis shows how important reputation is to Belinda and the people around her. Losing her hair is treated like it could ruin her whole reputation, which shows how much they care about appearance and what other people think.
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoI think Pope is making fun of how people can turn normal things into a big problem. The line about getting a new disease from every new night-dress makes the people in this world seem really dramatic.
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoThis comparison is pretty funny because Belinda’s reaction to losing her hair is compared to people losing their husbands or even lapdogs. Pope is making fun of how dramatic everyone is acting over the lock of hair.
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoI like how Pope says “At ev’ry word a reputation dies.” It shows how much gossip matters to these people, and he makes it sound way more serious than it actually is.
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 14 hours agoI noticed how Pope puts little problems like breaking a China jar or missing a masquerade next to bigger problems. It makes their world seem kind of funny because they treat small things like they are huge disasters.
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 day, 15 hours agoI think the is making Belinda’s hair seem way more powerful than it really is. He compares it to chains that can trap people, which shows how much power her beauty has over the people around her.
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 16 hours agoThis is for lines (95 – 104) What isn’t clear to me here is what Pope means when he says they “shift the moving Toyshop of their heart.” I kind of get that he is talking about women changing their attention bet […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 16 hours agoThis is for lines (59- 66), what isn’t clear to me here is why the different types of women turn into different spirits after they die. I get that Pope is saying they become different types of spirits, but I dont […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week, 1 day agoThis annotation is for lines (61 – 64 ) This part is important because this is where I realized how much Montagu repeats the idea of “beauty fled” and “no more” throughout the poem. I think it is important that he […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week, 1 day agoThis annotation is for lines (39- 40) because Montagu uses a scene of how much everyone used to “adore” Flavia and how she looked. Then in line 40 it says that her lovers are now “no more.” This shows how people […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week, 1 day agoI making this annotation for lines (5 – 8) Montagu uses a lot of questions and exclamations here to show how shocked Flavia was at her change in looks compared to before. Through these lines the questions to her […]
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Franco Justincic commented on the post, Chapter 2, on the groupblog
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