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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 29 minutes 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 11 hours, 33 minutes 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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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 12 hours, 18 minutes agoAnnotation for lines 155-158 The first couple of lines try to make the situation (Belinda losing some strands of hair) seem serious and horrifying. There are “screams” and “shrieks,” and Pope is trying to show […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 12 hours, 29 minutes agoAnnotation for lines 66-68 What’s interesting to me is that Pope seems to personify ‘fate’ in this part of the stanza. Instead of fate being a force, it’s framed as a person who has the ability to shift the […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 12 hours, 39 minutes agoAnnotation for lines 23-24 It’s quite interesting to see Pope compare love to a labyrinth with slaves and chains, almost making love a physical thing. Labyrinths are often associated with traps, twists, and […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 13 hours agoAnnotation for lines 5-12 The tone seems quite playful here. The descriptions of Belinda seem overly exaggerated. This makes her attributes seem much more ‘great’ than what aristocrats are like. Pope then d […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 3 days, 12 hours agoAnnotation for lines 111-114 What isn’t clear to me here is the Sylph’s warning. It feels generalized. Just from these lines alone, we aren’t made aware of the danger that is being warned about, even though […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 3 days, 12 hours agoAnnotation for lines 7-12 What isn’t clear to me here is that I cannot tell if Pope is being serious or just exaggerating the conflict for humor’s sake. (Not that assault is funny in any form.) A young woman […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week agoAnnotation for lines 41-46 Montagu again uses repetition but not in the same way it was used previously. The repreated phrases come in different words but all relate to the same thing -> “picture” (twice) and […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week ago[¶ 28 ‘For me the Patriot has the house forsook, Leave a comment on line 28 0 ¶ 29 ‘And left debates to catch a passing look: Leave a comment on line 29 0 ¶ 30 ‘For me the Soldier has soft verses writ; Leave a […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 7, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks agoHonestly, a lot of this chapter parallels the events that happened between the British Colonies and the Native Americans. A foreigner comes in with a ‘better-than-you’ attitude, and suddenly the way you’ve been […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 7, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks ago“Oh wow, a civilized country that doesn’t need strict laws and punishments? That must be bad! I don’t understand you, people.” Type of mentality.
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 7, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks agoMirrors the British Colonies giving “gifts” to the Native Americans. They are offering advanced technology under the guise of protection.
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 7, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks agoHa! White man thinks he isn’t ignorant too
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 6, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks agoA good point is made here. Are elections always fair? Are some rigged? The King isn’t on board with the democratic system because it sounds like the government may be corrupt. (Spoiler alert: The government is corrupt!)
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 6, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks agoThis honestly seems difficult to do, especially to people who don’t necessarily speak your language, know your history, and what it truly is like during that time.
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 6, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks ago[beside our plantations in America.] Reference to the British Colonists and African slavery??
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 6, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks ago[but it was the most violent exercise I ever underwent] To Gulliver, this event is considered violent due to his size and physical abilities. To the Brobdingagians this was probably something amusing and light […]
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 6, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks ago[as I had always a mechanical genius)] Here he goes again with the cocky attitude. Why can’t you be humble for once?
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Maggie Martin commented on the post, Chapter 5, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days ago[I have good reason to believe, that he took me for a young one of his own species] Gulliver is being infantilized due to his height. This isn’t the first time that he has been coddled, and this time it isn’t […]
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