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1、TheRapeoftheLock夺发记ByAlexanderPope(1688-1744)1.Introduction:TheMock-EpicAtthebeginningof"TheRapeoftheLock",Popeidentifiestheworkasa“heroi-comicalpoem.”Today,thepoem–andotherslikeit–isreferredtoasamock-epicandsometimesasamock-heroic.Suchaworkparodies仿作theserious,ele
2、vatedstyleoftheclassicalepicpoem–suchasTheIliadorTheOdyssey,byHomer–topokefunathumanfollies.Thus,amock-epicisatypeofsatire;ittreatspettyhumansorinsignificantoccurrencesasiftheywereextraordinaryorheroic,likethegreatheroesandeventsofHomer'stwogreatepics.Inwriting"The
3、RapeoftheLock"PopeimitatedthecharacteristicsofHomer'sepics,aswellaslaterepicssuchasTheAeneid(Vergil),TheDivineComedy(Dante),andParadiseLost(Milton).Manyofthesecharacteristicsarelistedbelow,under"EpicConventions."2.SettingTheactiontakesplaceinLondonanditsenvironsint
4、heearly1700'sonasingleday.Thestorybeginsatnoon(CantoI)attheLondonresidenceofBelindaasshecarefullypreparesherselfforagala盛会socialgathering.Thescenethenshifts(CantoII)toaboatcarryingBelindauptheThames.ToonlookerssheisasmagnificentasQueenCleopatrawaswhenshetraveledinh
5、erbarge.Therestofthestory(CantosIII-V)takesplacewhereBelindadebarks下船–HamptonCourtPalace,aformerresidenceofKingHenryVIIIontheoutskirtsofLondon–exceptforabriefsceneinCantoIVthattakesplaceinthecaveoftheQueenofSpleen.3.CharactersBelinda:Beautifulyoungladywithwondroush
6、air,twolocksofwhichhanggracefullyincurls.TheBaron:YoungadmirerofBelindawhoplotstocutoffoneofherlocks.Ariel:Belinda'sguardiansylph(supernaturalcreature).Clarissa:YoungladywhogivestheBaronscissors.Umbriel:SpritewhoentersthecaveoftheQueenofSpleentoseekhelpforBelinda.Q
7、ueenofSpleen:UnderworldgoddesswhogivesUmbrielgiftsforBelinda.Thalestris:FriendofBelinda.ThalestrisurgesSirPlumetodefendBelinda'shonor.SirPlume:BeauofThalestris.HescoldstheBaron.Sylphs,Fairies,Genies,Demons,PhantomsandOtherSupernaturalCreatures4.Source:AReal-LifeInc
8、identPopebasedTheRapeoftheLockonanactualincidentinwhichaBritishnobleman,LordPetre,cutoffalockofhairdanglingtantalizingly令人着急地fromtheheadofthebeau
