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Reputation vs.

honour
Virginity
Mankind
boat trip
Decorum Social Pretension
Conceit fops and beaux
Self-adoration of Belinda
dress
Belinda's eyes are brighter than the sun

Honour easily lost


Altar of Lord Petre
Other poets materialism
Bibles carelessly tossed in Belinda's toilette
Religion Trivialisation lap dogs more important than husbands
Belinda wears a cross attitudes
Aims/Nature of
Women
Pope's Satire Patronage
Poets Exploitation Queen Anne
Artificial beauty aids from India and Arabia
Abuse of charms
Puffs, powders, patches
Abuse of husbands Manipulative
Intellectual 'great' poets
Coquettes Belinda's cosmetics
Exploitation of sylphs
Vanities
Sylph's vanities reflect those they had on earth
Malleability of women Selfishness
Lord Petre wishes to long possess the prize

STAVSMERC.mmap - 27/06/2009 - Roger Knight

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