Question

The sylphs try to prevent —

Answer 1

A. The Theft of the lock.

Answer 2

Answer:

  A. The theft of the lock.

Explanation:

  The mock-heroic narrative poem was written by Alexander Pope. The poem satirizes a small incident by comparing it to the epic world of the gods.

  He introduced a system of Sylphs as guardians spirits of virgins. It was an attempt of parodized the gods and goddess of conventional epic.

  The story was written by the request of Pope´s friend, Lord Petre, about a true event. He cut a lock of hair from a woman named Arabella without permission and that created a breach between the two families. In the poem, Lord Petre is replaced by the Baron and Arabella by Belinda.

  When the Baron of the poem attempts to cut a lock of Belinda's hair, the sylphs interpose their airy bodies between the blades of the scissors.

  I hope this answer helps you.