Here are MCQ questions and answers from The Rape of the Lock (Cantos 1 and 2) by Alexander Pope: 1. What is the primary theme of The Rape of the Lock? a) The dangers of pride b) The triviality of aristocratic life c) The virtues of romantic love d) The importance of honor Answer: b) The triviality of aristocratic life 2. Who is Belinda in The Rape of the Lock? a) A goddess...

 The Rape of the LockAlexander PopeSelected Questions and Answers for WBSSC English ( H/ PG) aspirants from 'The Rape of the Lock'.1) Write a note on the fairy machinery in Pope's "The Rape of the Lock'.Ans:-  The four elements of the earth, the air, earth, water and fire are inhabited by the four types of spirits, the sylphs, gnomes, nymphs and salamanders. In...

We all know that literature is the "mirror of society". "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope is no exception. It is the vivid representation of contemporary society but in a mocking way. The poet deals with the aristocratic life of London of the then time. The picture of society as well as life presented here is minute and clear. A critic has aptly said, "It is a page torn from...

In pope's 'The Rape of the Lock'; the two locks of Belinda's  hair have been described as such a beauty which draws men by the horde leading to the destruction. Using a wonderful analogy, Pope says that they are like snares used to catch birds and fishes for entrapping men. Thus the locks have a devastating effect on me...

Belinda is the name of the heroine of pope's 'The Rape of the Lock', used as a decoy for the actual name of Arabella Fermor. Interestingly the name Belinda was chosen above others may be because in those days the name was very common and had almost become synonymous with the names of one's beloved. There is also an implication that Belinda means the daughter of Beleres, the Sun-God...

The Rape of the Lock is a poem of an altogether taste.It is a mock heroic poem, that is a poem cast in the form of an epic with all its conventional props, but satirical in content and spirit. These lines are also the symbols of satire.              The author here makes fun of judges, jurymen, merchants and aristocratic ladies. As the closing time...