During class a couple of us were talking about how this story and especially canto 3 seems like alice in wonderland! i re-read some of it and i found more and more how they share characteristics. I find it interesting that Belinda is compared to the sun. This has many meanings but i think that this suggests her great beauty and that she is the center of this story. It kind of reminded me of alice because of her bright blonde hair and her being the main character. I also thought the idea of her hair being so important had a lot to do with Pope's commentary on women. Because a stolen lock of hair was such a big deal and was so sad, i think pope is saying that all women really have to value is their hair. Or, the idea that a woman can be loved or known just by simply her hair because there is nothing else.
-Andrea Yarnell
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