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 Sol through white Curtains shot a timrous Ray, And oped those Eyes that must eclipse the Day. This Nymph, to the Destruction of Mankind, Nourishd two Locks which graceful hung behind Thank you! . Alexander Pope （1688- 1744） A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions Enlightenment Biographical information Works Literary Style Alexander Pope’s famous quotations The Rape of the Lock Biographical information Birth date: 21 May 1688 Death date: 30 May 1744 Nationality: English Languages: English? French ltalian ? Latin? Greek Education --Roman Catholic school at Twyford --School at Marylebone kept by Thomas Deane --School at Hyde Park Corner, kept by Thomas Deane ? ? ? Religion: Roman Catholic Politics: Tory? ? ? ? ? Literary period: Augustan Illness: Pott’s disease Buried at: Twickenham Church  Works An Essay On Criticism，Wrote in 1711 The Rape Of The Lock, 1712-14 Dunciad, 1728 - Widened in 1742 An Essay On Man, 1733-34 Translations: Homers Iliad, 1715-20 Homers Odyssey, 1726  Literary Style Alexander Pope was best known for his satirical verse .He is famous for his use of the heroic couplet. Heroic Couplet is a traditional form for English poetry ; commonly used for epic and narrative poetry. it refers to poems constructed form a sequence of rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter lines .The rhyme is always masculine.  Main contents He laments the dearth of true taste in poetic criticism of his day He offers his own ideas and presents the classical rules He traces the history of literary critics Pope think bad criticism does greater harm than bad writing . So he think literature requires worthy criticism . Criticism is very important.  Alexander Pope’s famous quotations For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 傻瓜总是胆大妄为 To err is human, to fo