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Why does Alexander Pope use the style and narrative form of epics to describe a relatively insignificant incident in “The Rape of the Lock”?

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Alexander Pope used a narrative form of epics to portray fake heroism of a higher noble class in Protestant England. In a society in which, because of a religious determination, you are discriminated, and your actions if you are a Catholic, are elevated to the level of general indignation, whereby such a society wants to raise its own value by attaching itself to the importance of heroism on the basis of an insignificant incident. Using this narrative style with the tone of verbal irony, Pope shows all the absurdity and stupidity of society. Society that unconsciously creates itself the object of ridicule, in an attempt to equalize with epic heroes.

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a-to mock the epic form, which was popular among the upper class

b-to mock society for attaching too much importance to trivial things

c-to mock the foolish acts committed by young gentlemen in love

d-to mock the vanity and pride of upper-class young women like Belinda

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