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Given below are two statements: Assertion A: In Alexander Pope's mock-epic 'The Rape of the Lock', the direct cause of Belinda's tragic loss of her hair occurs when her guardian sylph, Ariel, suddenly withdraws his supernatural protection because he detects an 'earthly lover' lurking in her thoughts. Reason R: During the Neoclassical period, Jonathan Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub' established the sentimental epistolary novel format to support Whig ideology, while James Thomson's 'The Seasons' utilized the heroic couplet to critique Isaac Newton's laws of motion. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer:
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- 1Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
- 2Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- 3A is correct but R is not correct✓
- 4A is not correct but R is correct
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A is correct but R is not correct
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