Friday, August 7, 2015

What is the supernatural machinery in "The Rape of the Lock" and significance of it? significance will be related to the super natural machinery

"machinary" according to Pope designates the part that
deities , demons and angels  play  in   a poem. The supernatural machinary of Rape of
the Lock is based on the rosicrucian doctrine that the four elements of earth are
inhabited by sylphs,nymphs ,gnomes and salamander. The sylphs or the airy creatures
protect beautiful maidens from harm. the gnomes or the spirits of earth teach the
maidens to blush at the sight of fashionable men. women who are gentle become nymph
after their death and the violent tempered women become salamanders or the spirit of
fire.


In famous epics, the machinary consists of gods and
angels.they  play a vital role in the poems. therefore the mock epic would be incomplete
without a machinary.

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