Belinda

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Belinda is the vain, beautiful young heroine of Alexander Pope’s mock-epic poem "The Rape of the Lock," representing the fashionable society of 18th-century England.

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Belinda canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
heroine
mock-epic heroine
poetic character
appearsIn The Rape of the Lock
associatedWith beauty
coquetry
courtly manners
vanity
associatedWithCharacter Ariel
Clarissa
Thalestris
the Baron
basedOn Arabella Fermor
linked to: Juliana Fermor
centralEvent loss of a lock of hair
createdBy Alexander Pope
depictedAs beautiful
vain
engagesIn card game Ombre
social visits
toilette rituals
firstAppearanceYear 1712
gender female
hairDescribedAs shining ringlets
hasCanonicalStatus major figure in Augustan satire
hasLiteraryForm character in verse
hasMedium poetry
hasSocialStatusInFiction upper-class woman
hasThemeRelation critique of vanity
satire of aristocratic manners
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement Neoclassicism
literaryPeriod 18th-century literature
narrativeFunction focus of social commentary
object of satire
nationalityInFiction English
protectedBy sylphs
represents aristocratic English society
fashionable society of 18th-century England
roleInWork protagonist
settingOfActivities London high society
symbolizes frivolity of the beau monde
trivial concerns of high society
workFinalFormYear 1714
workForm narrative poem
workGenreContext mock-epic

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Heaven on Earth follows Belinda
the Baron antagonizes Belinda
Sir Plume associatedWith Belinda
Canto II (The Rape of the Lock) featuresCharacter Belinda
subject linked to: Canto II
Canto II (The Rape of the Lock) hasMainCharacter Belinda
subject linked to: Canto II
Canto V featuresCharacter Belinda