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How are the poems "The Lady's Dressing Room" and "The Dean's Provocation . . ." different?
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Swift uses fictional characters, while Montagu uses characters who represent real people.
B.
Swift focuses on the female perspective, while Montagu switches between both male and female perspectives.
C.
Swift's character doesn't face consequences for his sexist behavior, while Montagu's male character is spurned by the Lady for his behavior.
D.
Swift understates his character's feelings, while Montagu exaggerates the characters' feelings.
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Swift's poem uses fictional types (Strephon, Celia) to satirize courtship and female vanity. Montagu's piece intentionally targets a real figure—the “Dean” (Jonathan Swift)—as a personal, topical response. The other choices misread the poems’ perspectives and treatments.
Swift's poem uses fictional types (Strephon, Celia) to satirize courtship and female vanity. Montagu's piece intentionally targets a real figure—the “Dean” (Jonathan Swift)—as a personal, topical response. The other choices misread the poems’ perspectives and treatments.
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