Rape of the Lock

Humor is one of many means that an author may use to assist his/her readers to receive a difficult or unpleasant insight. Illustrate some of the specific ways the Pope uses different kinds and expressions of humor in The Rape of the Lock. Then support your claim that you believe he is successful or unsuccessful in his uses of humor. (You will certainly want to consider at least some of the poem's elements such as his use of satire, the epic conventions, the sylphs, his title, his characters, and his plot design in your response.)

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