ENGL 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cupid
13 Dec 2015
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Belinda at the vanity table and what pope might be satirizing. Line 9: vain man"s toast land and sea afford . If clarissa is moral corrective then all things that make belinda are fading (locks will turn to grey) she is moral because true words in good sense , beauty is transient, you may get ill. Belindas vanity table bible beside brushes no distinctions b/w things that should have more value than other things. This reading shows she is the only voice that matter celetress calls her prudish voice of satirist is being ignored or not fully understood (gulliver feels same way) Clarissas speech can be seen as enditement in womens participation in focusing only on appearance instead of challenging that view and perpetuate stereotypes of themselves. Though pointing finger at women she understands narrowness of convention of women"s lives (aware of world belinda occupies doesn"t offer a big canvas)
