Children grow up learning that just because someone teaches something doesn't mean they will follow their own advice. In Rape of the Lock, Clarissa gives a lecture: “Say, why are beauties most praised and honored, / The passion of the wise and the toast of the vain man? / Why adorned with all that earth and sea offer, / Why are angels called and angels -as adored? Why around our carriages crowd the beautiful white gloves,/ why does the side box bow from its most intimate rows?/ like all these glories, all our troubles are in vain,/ unless common sense do not preserve what beauty gains;/ that men may say when we grace the box before,/ 'Here is first in virtue as in face!' , and integrity. While at first glance this speech may seem to be the message of the story, Pope thinks otherwise. Her speech, to use an old cliché, is a great example of "do as I say, not as I do", because Clarissa's involvement in the "rape" complicates the situation, since she was the one who gave the Baron the scissors to cut Belinda's body. hair. Furthermore, Pope contradicts Clarissa's talk of fleeting beauty by ending the epic poem with Belinda's lock transforming into a star for all to see for eternity. Although Belinda's vanity appears to be the cause of the "rape", as it appears that she has set herself up for failure through her constant vanity, this is not the case. Literature can be used to highlight character flaws, make people see themselves as other characters, and highlight different perspectives on someone's behavior. Bruce Springsteen is another example of leaders abandoning their own witticisms. Francine Prose writes: "Bruce Springsteen tried once...... middle of paper ......ty Press. 1993. Web.Homer. The Iliad: The Story of Achilles. A Signet classic . New American Library. Print.Holy Bible. Library of Congress. 1961. New American Library. . Orwell, George 1984. Ed. Erich Fromm. Print. Francine Harper's Magazine. . Webley, Kayla “Brief History: Burning Books,” Time Magazine, September 20. 2010..