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Canto 4 Rape of the lock lines 1-52 (commodity fetishism with the…

- - - - Parody of the nobility and their triteness, 'Two handmaids wait the throne'
      - Religion and coding of the bible for social significance, instead of genuine morals - more about what it says about your social position on an external level, its signifying potential, 'with stores of prayers for mornings, nights and noons'
- - - - Early 18th century - exponential growth in the segment of British society with expendable income - boom in consumerism, new and dynamic market for consumer goods.
      - Also an absurd pastiche of our absorption of material culture, and how much they signify our identity - parody of the aristocracy, 'here living teapots stand, one arm held out' personification of the ruins of decorative finery - the obsession of vanity and the consequences of such a concern with trite rituals and exotic commodities, women are depicted as the ones who are most affected by these goods, they are the ones who mainly perpetuate capitalist culture, separate from high art and literature, they are the mediums of popular culture.
        
        women are most prone to characterological disturbances - releases anxiety around exotic drugs
        
        hallucinations of phantoms were also symptons of the spleen, 'strange phantoms rising in the mist arise'
        
        Thought themselves to be in the favour of spirits and angels, whom they can never see or touch - fantastically imaginative - maybe making a comment about how the visions of female saints were actually disorders of spleen