A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · Character

Alexander Pope

Poet whose lines on women are quoted and critiqued.

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Also known as For Pope, Pope

First appearance: iii

Alexander Pope shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Quoted for a line suggesting women are most attractive when on the brink of being hated.

Alexander Pope first appears in 0005 iii.

In II: Quoted for a line suggesting women are most attractive when on the brink of being hated.

Later, in Chapter VI: Quoted for his summary that 'every woman is at heart a rake,' which Wollstonecraft critiques.

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