r values.' He does not 'lash out with bitterness' at 'intolerable and enraging' actions. Thus, his work is classified more precisely as a bemused satire. An excerpt from his letter, addressed to Madam, makes it clear that Pope is indeed a bemused satirist-"it was intended only to divert a few young ladies, who have good sense and good humor enough to laugh, not only at their sex's little unguarded follies, but at their own." In other words, Pope aimed to show to society the absurdity of the subjects, rather than to scorn them as wrong. The two main subjects that Pope mocks are beauty and epic poems.
             Pope addresses beauty in a variety of ways. "The Rape of the Lock" conveys Pope's thoughts regarding the effect of beauty upon women as individuals, various males, religion and society at large. It is obvious that Pope deems the effects of beauty on the women entity (body, mind and soul) as silly. Pope would agree that beauty is the root of female vanity. Pope clearly considers female vanity to be meaningless, he uses satirical techniques throughout the piece to reveal this viewpoint. For instance, when he says "her joy in gilded chariot
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