Alexander Pope may have been an opponent of feminine behavior, but the extent of it has long been questioned. The writer's satirical style towards the women of his time reflects his opinions. However, there are notable facts that have an impact on Pope's opinions and the meaning of The Rape of the Lock. These details concern the author's personal life and the symbolism contained in his mock epic poem, including the voices of Bella and Clarissa, indicating that he may not have had a hard heart towards women as all the world thought they had. Although any assessment of Alexander Pope's personal opinion will end with a questioning of who he really was behind his literary persona, careful research provides strong evidence for his personal beliefs regarding 18th-century women . Through an in-depth study of the behavior of women in the 18th century, Pope's characters in The Rape of the Lock and his personal journey, the writer's ability to critically demolish the role of women in society will be clarified and endorsed, with the idea that his attitude was simply an expectation he had of women and which they never fulfilled. In concretizing this opinion of Alexander Pope, research is studied to define the women of his time. Women in the 18th century had living standards that developed an environment of coercion and manipulation. The severity of a woman's behavior in the 18th century is expressed in many conduct manuals of that era; the purpose of a manual is to teach a woman how to follow methods in order to become a man's desire (Jones 14). The frivolous qualities that women seemed to exude so easily were learned through lessons such as driving manuals, but in the middle of paper......Alexander Pope. Manchester, UK: Manchester UP, 1998. Print.King, Elizabeth M. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems: Notes. London: Macmillan, 1921. Print.Pope, Alexander and Howard Erskine-Hill. Alexander Pope: Selected Letters. Oxford [England: Oxford UP, 2000. Print.Pope,Alexander.The Rape of the Lock. Norton Anathology of English Literature. Eighth ed. New York: WW Norton &, 2006. 1136-1154. Print. Rumbold, Valérie. The place of women in the world of the Pope. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1989. Print.Thomas, Claudia N. Alexander Pope and his 18th-century readers. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1994. Print. Vendler, Helen. Thought of the poets: Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2004. Print.Wall, Kathryn. "The unveiling of the dressing table in The Rape of the Lock by the Pope, I. 121." Notes and Queries 2nd ser. 53.251 (2006): 196-97. Print.