Jonathan Swifts "The Ladys Dressing Room"

Strephon's Punishment for His Method of Reading in "The Lady's Dressing Room" In Greek mythology, Pandora, a stunningly beautiful mortal, is created to punish man for his disobedience to Zeus, the supreme ruler of the Greek gods. When given a box that she is forbidden to open, Pandora cannot resist satisfying her curiosity about the contents of the box and opens it, releasing all evil into the world and leaving hope at the bottom of …showed first 75 words of 1148 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1148 total…soon punished Strephon for his peeping" (120-121) because of Strephon's scrutiny of the room and his resulting inaccurate interpretation of Celia's character. Because Strephon "blasphemes" the "Goddess" by scrutinizing every detail of the room and judging Celia, he is eternally aware of all the evils behind woman's beauty and loses hope of seeing this beauty ever again. Works Cited Swift, Jonathan. "The Lady's Dressing Room." The Poems of Jonathan Swift. Ed. Harold Williams. Oxford: Clarendon, 1958.