A good example of this in "The Rape of the Lock" is how Belinda acts after losing a lock of hair to the Baron, "Curse you to never this hated day, which took away my best, my favorite curl! — Oh, yes, cruel! I just grabbed less visible hairs, or hairs other than these! » (Pope 147, 175). Pope exaggerates elements of the story by using personification to elevate the subject to a higher level. Pope wrote the Mock Epic to show how superficial culture was in the 18th century. In Swift's writings, he uses hyperbole and a mocking tone in various parts of the poem to get his point across. This highlights the absurdity of much of what has been discovered about Celia. Swift's satirical style was more scathing than Pope's gentle reprimands