opposite He brings sorrow anger and pain He is from the earth not from the air He comes to the poem when Belinda starts crying Pope uses him to bring a darker mood Why He Goes Umbriel sees Belinda crying and sad But that is not enough for him He wants her to feel more pain So he decides to go to the Cave of Spleen He wants to collect more sadness His aim is to make Belinda feel broken inside This shows how Pope adds drama to a silly event Umbriel s journey turns a small joke into a sad moment The Cave of Spleen The cave is a scary place No happy wind blows there The East wind brings headaches The Queen of Spleen rules here She is always sad and sick Two maids serve her One is Ill-Nature the other Affectation The cave is full of strange visions It is like a bad dream Pope writes about it in a funny way He says Here living teapots stand one arm held out A pipkin there like Homer's tripod walks The cave has weird things Living teapots walk around Jars and pies talk like humans Some men are pregnant Maids turn into bottles These images are funny but dark They show how spleen distorts reality Pope mocks human madness Gifts From The Cave Umbriel meets the Queen He asks for help He wants to upset Belinda more The Queen agrees She gives him two things One is a bag of sighs and tears The other is a vial of sorrows These represent human sadness This is clearly described in the following words There she collects the force of female lungs Sighs sobs and passions and the war of tongues Umbriel takes these back to Belinda He opens the bag and bottle on her Then Belinda feels even worse She cries louder She feels more insulted Effect on Belinda Umbriel returns to the party He opens the bag on Belinda She becomes more upset Her friend Thalestris gets angry too They start a silly fight Pope shows how emotions spread A small problem becomes a big drama In summary Umbriel s journey adds magic and meaning to the poem He brings sadness to Belinda in a funny way Pope shows us that small things become big when we care too much The Cave of Spleen is not real but it shows real feelings Pope mocks silly pride fake sorrow and false honor He says we must not cry over small things Through Umbriel he teaches us to be wise calm and kind