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Alexander Popes The Rape of the Lock in contrast, critiques aristocratic society indirectly. Although the poem may have referred to real people, overall, unlike Johnsons work, it does not invoke great historical figures. Instead, it uses mock heroic allusions and meter in the style of Popes translation of Homeric epic to make the mores and morals of the aristocracy seem absurd. In detailing the efforts of Belinda preparing herself for a party, Pope makes her sound like she is preparing to do battle, with her attendants, little, godlike beings that are pale shadows of great Zeus and Athena:

Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite Lock;
Ariel himself shall be the Guard of Shock

When Belinda plays a card game with the Baron who will eventually deprive her of her hair, the trivial game is portrayed like a conquest of Troy:

The Knave of Diamonds now tries his wily Arts,
And wins (oh shameful Chance!) the Queen of Hearts......

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