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Theft or plundering. To the modern reader this word might appear to refer to a non-consensual sex act, but Pope is actually using this word in a slightly older sense, primarily to mean to steal or to plunder, so a more modern title might read something like “The Theft of the Lock.” Pope is still trying to emphasize that the Baron’s action is an immoral one, and it is true that their might still be a kind of violent sexual connotation to the word, but it is important to understand that Pope’s primary goal is not to equate the loss of the lock with a non-consensual sex act.
Rape Quotes in The Rape of the Lock
The The Rape of the Lock quotes below are all either spoken by Rape or refer to Rape. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Canto III Quotes
Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought
The close recesses of the virgin’s thought;
As, on the nosegay in her breast reclined,
He watched the ideas rising in her mind,
Sudden he viewed, in spite of all her art,
An earthly lover lurking at her heart.
Amazed, confused, he found his power expired,
Resigned to fate, and with a sigh retired.
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At this point in the canto, Ariel gains access to Belinda’s thoughts as the Baron makes to chop off her lock. He and the other sylphs try to alert her to the imminent danger before it is too late, but when Ariel does gain access to her mind, he is shocked by what he sees: “An earthly lover lurking at her heart.” Ariel has previously explained to the sleeping Belinda and the reader that it is his role as a sylph to protect her because she is “fair and chaste.” But here, he learns that she is not as chaste Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laborio
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