In Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock, the title means "the theft of a lock of hair", exaggerating a trivial violation against a person.
It was based on an actual incident recounted by Pope's friend, John Caryll.
Despite the world's admiration she enjoyed at the time, it is unlikely that she would have been remembered had she not inspired Alexander Pope in his most successful work, 'The Rape of the Lock'.
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