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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 2 hours agoWhen I hear the word “Altar”, I think of religion. The Pope presents the idea that the Baron is somewhat religious by building this Altar to pray for Belinda’s love. The descritption of this altar is extremely […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 2 hours agoPope uses the sun to compare to Belinda’s behavior. He uses phrases like “rival of his beams”, “bright as the sun, her eyes gazers strike” “and like th sun, they shine on all alike”. Belinda flaunts her beauty or […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 6 hours agoIn lines 45-52, Pope utilizes the mock-epic style to its fullest extent. In these lines, Pope compares the perceivably petty battle between high society individuals of the time period as something comparable to […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 6 hours agoHere, Pope reinforces his mockery of the obsession and superficiality of beauty in high society. In this line, Pope explains that what truly matters is good sense, as beauty may gain these women a lot temporarily, […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 6 hours agoIn lines 83-84, the Goddess of Spleen collects the force of “female lungs” which turn out to be sighs, sobs, passions, and the war of tongues. This reinforces a stereotype of the time period where women were […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 6 hours agoAgain, Belinda is referred to in a way that has a sexual connotation. Being referred to as a “prude” typically refers to someone overly modest or proper. However, there is also the aspect of Pope mocking Belinda’s […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 6 hours agoThis line establishes a pattern from canto II, where Belinda is talked about in an almost predatory way. She is referred to as “The Virgin”, making her “purity” the subject in this line rather than her name or […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 7 hours agoPope displays a pattern throughout the cantos of this theme of mockery of high society. The mock-epic itself, and then also the way he speaks about high society is satirical and critical. In this line, he refers […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 7 hours agoBelinda is now protected by fifty Sylphs who see the harm that the Baron is trying to cause her, and immediately take action. However, while this is a mock-epic from Pope, it still feels overkill in a way. It […]
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Madalyn Hayes commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 7 hours agoThere are very specific word choices from Pope in this line, as the line itself is referring to taking a lock of Belinda’s hair. The words “force”, “ravish”, and “fraud” are words that we would normally associate […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoIn lines 15 and 16, Pope is arguing that while beauty can gain power (like what Montagu was talking about), it is not enough to hold on to it. One might be beautiful, but in order to really do something with their […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoIn this line, Pope is sarcastically saying that all of what just happened throughout the story occurred over a lock of hair, and this story will now be told over and over again.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoIn this line Pope is making fun of what he deems “superficial” women by saying that to them a pimple is the worst thing that can happen to them.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoIn lines 3-8, alongside the Iambic Pentameter that Pope is writing in, he also repeated the word “not” at the beginning of each line, to really emphasize Belinda’s rage.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoPope is referencing playing cards here, to show how disorderly the troops are in that moment, by comparing them to shuffled playing cards, he is giving the reader a clear vision of the chaos.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoPope here is saying that the fairy queens’ powers are “soft like flowers”, implying that even though they do have powers, they are not as strong as the fairy kings’. (This is where this comment is supposed to go, […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoWait not this line sorry I don’t know how this comment ended up here.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoPope here is saying that the fairy queens’ powers are “soft like flowers”, implying that even though they do have powers, they are not as strong as the fairy kings’.
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 15 hours agoAnnotation for lines 107-110 Reputation is at the forefront of every aristocrat’s mind; if they have a bad reputation, they are tainted. Pope here is comparing Belinda losing a lock of her hair to someone’s […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 16 hours agoAnnotating lines 1-10 Pope again uses a mocking tone when talking about Belinda’s incident. The exaggerated language about Belinda’s response to losing some hair makes fun of the situation as a whole. Pope […]
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