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The sylphs try to prevent —

a. the theft of the lock
b. Umbriel from going to the Cave of Spleen
c. a fight between Umbriel and the Baron
d. Belinda from hurting the Baron

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A. The Theft of the lock.
User Smichel
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Answer:

A. The theft of the lock.

Step-by-step explanation:

The mock-heroic narrative poem was written by Alexander Pope. The poem satirizes a small incident by comparing it to the epic world of the gods.

He introduced a system of Sylphs as guardians spirits of virgins. It was an attempt of parodized the gods and goddess of conventional epic.

The story was written by the request of Pope´s friend, Lord Petre, about a true event. He cut a lock of hair from a woman named Arabella without permission and that created a breach between the two families. In the poem, Lord Petre is replaced by the Baron and Arabella by Belinda.

When the Baron of the poem attempts to cut a lock of Belinda's hair, the sylphs interpose their airy bodies between the blades of the scissors.

I hope this answer helps you.

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