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 the box. Similarly, in Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room," Strephon's curiosity about the contents of Celia's dressing room causes him to open the…
