why does alexander pope use the style and narrative form of epics to describe a relatively insignificant incident in “the rape o
f the lock”?to mock the epic form, which was popular among the upper classto mock society for attaching too much importance to trivial thingsto mock the foolish acts committed by young gentlemen in loveto mock the vanity and pride of upper-class young women like belinda
The correct answer is to mock the epic form, which was popular among the upper class
The other answer are also correct, however, they don't refer to the style and structure, but rather to the content. He wanted to show stylistically that the society read only epics that were bad and wanted to make fun of that.
