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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 12 hours agoWhat isn’t clear to me here is the use of “Shock”. What is Pope trying to say when stating that Shock is “licking” his mistress? It is unclear to me whether Shock is one of the men that Pope is referring to in the […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 13 hours agoWhat isn’t clear to me here is the use of the terms “Box” and “Ring”. Why are they capitalized, and in what context is Pope using them? I understand it’s talking about the spirits flying around the women, but what […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week ago87-88 Montagu emphasizes here that contracting smallpox itself was not the worst part; it was the societal reaction afterwards. When Flavia loses her looks, the men who used to adore or idolize her now mock […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week agoFlavia compared her looks to an “empire”, showing she felt her power came from her beauty. Now she has lost her beauty, it has left her with nothing and all she can do is cry.
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
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