Answer:
The technique used by Alexander Pope in The R*pe of the Lock is mock-epic genre.
Explanation:
"The Ra-pe of the Lock" is a mock-epic (a technique used by Pope) poem written by Alexander Pope. Pope has written the verse in heroic couplets.
Pope named his poem as "an heroi-comical poem".
Mock-epic is a form of satire in which trivial matters or subjects are dealt in an elevated heroic style. <u>This dealing of the trivial matters in a heroic style creates the humor in this technique of mock-epic</u>. This genre does not mock the epics but rather the subject by giving it a form of epic.
<u>The poem deals with a true incident of trivial matter; the stolen locks of a young woman. Because of this conflict between two families started, which Pope resembled that of the war of Greeks and Trojan. </u>
<u>The quote from the above passage that illustrates Della's optimism is this: 'MY HAIR GROWS SO FAST, JIM. </u>
Explanation:
Optimistic means to be Positive,hopeful and confident.
<u>In order to get a good Christmas gift for her husband (i.e a watch) Della went for a haircut and sold her long hair's to get money. When Della's husband bough </u>her a set of expensive hair combs which she always desired,she said to her husband<u> "My hair grows so fast,Jim! </u>Della is very optimistic that her hair's will grow fast and she will be able to use the combs.
Answer:
The first one
Explanation:
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