In The Rape of the Lock the Pope points out the flaws of British society and upper-class behavior. He does this numerous of times throughout the epic poem. For example, lines fifteenth through sixteenth, lines twenty one through twenty two, and lines 111 through 114 are some examples how the Pope points of the flaws. In the lines fifteenth through sixteenth he is criticizing the people who gossip, or talk about others. In the lines twenty one through twenty two he criticizes the people who are gluttony, or people who always want to eat/ are always hungry. In lines 111 through 114 he criticizes fake affection, fake people in general. These are just some lines from the epic that Alexander Pope points out and criticized the British society and