The Rape of the Lock, and Fantomina.

Satire is defined as "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices." Specific texts can be identified as satires, or they can be understood to have satirical dimensions or objectives. Discuss the place of satire in two of the following: The Rape of the Lock, and Fantomina. What foolish actions/behaviors are these texts satirizing, and to what end?                                                                                                                                                                                    

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