KnowraThe Rape of the LockLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to The Rape of the Lock, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 6Compared with 2Social satireBroader topic: Its grand style makes aristocratic vanity and social rituals look ridiculous.Alexander PopeBroader topic: It is his best-known comic treatment of fashionable society and a minor offense.BurlesqueBroader topic: It became a leading English example of trivial subject matter treated in elevated style.Heroic coupletBroader topic: Pope uses the form’s elegance and precision to heighten mock-heroic comedy.Mock-heroicBroader topic: Pope turns a minor social offense into an elaborate epic conflict.Aubrey BeardsleyBroader topic: Beardsley’s illustrations for an 1896 edition brought his line to Pope’s satirical world.