The Rape of the Lock (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander Pope
- First Published: 1712
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Mock-heroic
- Time of Work: Early eighteenth century
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Satire, Poetry, Mock-heroic poetry
- Subjects: Dreams, Beauty, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Card games, London, Hair, Boats or boating, Vanity
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Belinda, the poetic name of Arabella Fermor, an upper-class English girl. She is a beautiful young woman and vain of her appearance. Although she is a sweet society girl who loves her spaniel and is normally quite agreeable, she flies into a horrid rage when Lord Petre snips off one of her treasured curls.
Lord Petre, a young nobleman, one of Belinda’s suitors. He admires Belinda so much that he wants one of her curls as a keepsake and snips it off at a party when she bends her head over a cup. He refuses to return the curl, and it disappears to...
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