Rape of Randeep's Locks:World of Triviality Against Epic Scale !

The Rape of Randeep's/Sameer's Locks : A World of Triviality Measured Against the Epic Scale

Disclaimer:This post is not to troll/demean Randeep/Sameer.Just strictly my POV.

In 1712, Pope published his famous verse The Rape of the Lock, making use of the mock-epic style typical of the Augustan Age. Pope burlesqued the classical epic form by bringing the formulas characteristic of the epic such as the invocation of a deity, a formal statement of theme, the division of the work into cantos, grandiose speeches, battles, supernatural machinery and mythopoeia to bear upon a trivial event an idle lord, the Baron, cutting off a small lock of hair from the head of an idle young beauty, Belinda. According to Pope, "mighty contests rise from trivial things.'' His intent is to satirise society's tendency to inflate and escalate banal events to epic proportions.

And even today after 3 centuries we are stuck with treatment of banal,trivial events to the epic proportions.Are we still lacking behind three centuries?

Along with this, Pope also satirises women's vanity and obsessions with beauty. As he himself claimed in 1733, "Fools rush into my head, and so I write (Satire II.i, l.4). Critical of the artificiality of polite society, he sided with John Dryden and preferred to ridicule men and women with the "fineness of a stroke that separates the Head from the Body, and leaves it standing in its place rather than the "slovenly Butchering of a Man.

Why such obsession with beauty and in this case 'looks''.Okay he cuts his hair so? Are we not interested in the show to see the evolution of Sameer rather than his hair? Why suddenly the story line has taken a course to treat 'few strands of hair'' as something important to deal with?

Pope shows that beauty is a trap, an impending danger which deludes men's judgement. It is thus her beauty and charms which affect the thinking capabilities of the Baron and force him to commit an exploitative act.

Our good judgements have been pushed away since 4 days I think. And this triviality has only made me more satiric.

God i got scared reading the heading😆...but then i agree with ur posting...Minu kaha kaha se latey ho aap ye zabardast deep provoking thoughts!..Though i was very much disturbed the very first day got to know abt his hair scenario n i did rant the nxt day...😆For me his hair is very much like the character in the show but then since yest...tis has been off putting n i wish its done n dealth with...!

I am not going to make any comment until and unless I see him in the show with new haircut.

Oo bai.😲..Partner...😲kaise aise likhte ho yaar.⭐️..i can only say this...

The thing is Minu...for people , when they think of Sameer what comes to their mind is the hair!! So its a major attribute of the character and that is why they feel bad when its going to be chopped .

Anyways I waiting to see his new look... 😆

its thought provoking that too much importance is given to looks so much... not just fans but the makers are creating a hype as well...

Very well said Minu! One has to look at the bigger picture and in context.. the story is always a winner and it cannot move forward unless the dynamics in characters change or grow..

Deep and thought provoking post Minu 👏

Honest confession

Originally posted by: mehraan

God i got scared reading the heading😆...but then i agree with ur posting...Minu kaha kaha se latey ho aap ye zabardast deep provoking thoughts!..Though i was very much disturbed the very first day got to know abt his hair scenario n i did rant the nxt day...😆For me his hair is very much like the character in the show but then since yest...tis has been off putting n i wish its done n dealth with...!

Hahha..I hope you are no more scared 😆 As fans we connect to every aspect of the character but so much hype...I could only remember my darling Professor's one week lectures on triviality and mock -heroic epics. Sometimes even the favourite thing overused paves way to ''off-putting.''