In The Rape of the Lock, Pope satirizes which of the following social institutions ?
Correct answer: D. All of these answers
- A. The government
- B. Marriage
- C. Organized religion
- D. All of these answers
Explanation
Pope uses the mock-heroic form to expose the absurdity of aristocratic social institutions, including government, marriage and organized religion. The grand language applied to a trivial quarrel makes their ceremonial and social pretensions look ridiculous.
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