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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion A: In Alexander Pope's mock-heroic masterpiece 'The Rape of the Lock', the protagonist Belinda's intensely exaggerated despair and grief following the loss of a lock of hair are intended to serve as a sincere moral template, validating the aristocratic belief that the preservation of physical appearance is the highest form of social virtue. Reason R: Pope utilizes high burlesque and mock-epic conventions, such as the supernatural machinery of sylphs and the descent into the Cave of Spleen, to satirize the aristocratic society's obsession with trivialities and superficial beauty. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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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 not correct but R is correct
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