Question

How are the poems "The Lady's Dressing Room" and "The Dean's Provocation...." similar?

Answer 1

Answer:

O C. Both are satirical writings.

Explanation:

In Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room" is a satirical work on the feminine gender and the disastrous state of her room. By juxtaposing the beauty of the women to the mess of the room, the poet is ridiculing and criticizing the filth left behind after a woman cleans up and beautify herself.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's "The Dean's Provocation for Writing the Dressing-Room" is also a poem about the degrading position of women. In this poem, a doctor visits a prostitute but blames her for his inability.

These two poems work on demeaning the stature of a woman and her inferiority, despite the men being at fault. These poems are a satirical work on how society deems the female gender and emphasizes the way women are treated in general.