Religious Imagery and Symbolism
Just like his use of Classical imagery to show how very trivial his society was, Pope uses a lot of religious imagery to demonstrate pretty much the same thing: people like Belinda, the Baron, and...
Sex: Imagery and Wordplay
You might have guessed we'd need to go here, based on the poem's title and its depiction of male-female relations. There's no overt lust or passion here in Belinda's and the Baron's social world (t...
The Lock: Materialism and Consumer Culture
An important aspect of living in Belinda and the Baron's society appears to be living with—and maybe even living through—a lot of stuff. By "stuff," we mean things, goods, items: jewelry, cloth...