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Based on what you read in this lesson, what type of humorous device does Pope use in The R*pe of the Lock?

A) caricature
B) burlesque
C) sarcasm
D) reductio ad absurdum

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Answer:

B. burlesque

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Based on what you read in this lesson, what type of humorous device does Pope use in The R*pe of the Lock? He uses burlesque to poke fun at the legal discrimination against Catholics of the time with a silly event which was cutting of a lock of hair of the girlfriend of a man both of whom were Catholics and the resulting feud between their families.
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