“Effective nonsense keeps one foot on the ground; fantasy needs a realistic background, a frame of familiar reference. A tour of Wonderland without the practical, very English little Alice to serve as norm would be tedious indeed. But the presence of Alice as norm, as the embodiment of Victorian practicality and industry, suggests that the Alice books may have satiric implications. (Matthews 109).…
Lewis Carroll wrote a story about a young girl ‘Alice’ who fell through a rabbit whole into a fantasy world inhabited by strange, humanlike creatures. Alice encounters lots of different humanlike creatures throughout her journey through the world of nonsense, poetry and mind-boggling logic, like, the talking flowers, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts, Jabberwocky and the White Queen. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland included shrinking, growing to the size of a giant, attending the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, playing Croquet and attending the Queen of Hearts court.…
Catherine acts very childish in front of Eddie as she finds it hard to stand up to him because he's done so much for her over the course of her life. Catherine is easily upset when she feels she has displeased Eddie and feels she needs his approval for everything that she does: right at the start, she is desperate for him to admire her new skirt “you like it?”. Catherine obeys Eddie and does everything he asks, for example to stop “walking wavy” and for her to take off her high heels “what’s the high heels for, Garbo?”. She doesn’t argue with him and does what Eddie asks almost immediately. She will do anything in her power to make Eddie proud of her.…
“Your majesty.” Catherine shot a glance up at her grandmother-in-law, but then looked away, unable to meet the Queen's piercing eyes. The 143 year old was seven feet tall, her neck downwards surrounded by a dark synthetic body suit. Her face was a wrinkled prune and her eyes replaced by black artificial beads. “I think you know why I'm here.” Catherine said. The queen's smile had vanished. She said nothing. “You have reigned for over one hundred years.”…
Alice has a very blunt way of speaking and her word had a tendency to be extremely sharp (Coletta 239). No one was spared from unflattering comparisons or uncaring insults, not even herself. Her attitude towards polite small talk and false compliments might be best summed up by the infamously embroidered pillow she owned stating “If you haven't got anything good to say about anyone, come and sit by me.” While Alice was not purposefully cruel, she did not care for censuring herself in order to spare someone’s feeling the way women were expected to in such times. As such, she had little time for people with thin skin.…
Although I hardly ever sip tea, or get to harass palace guards, I can boast to my friends about how the country where my mother came from, has a Queen that had the event where she was crowned Queen, was live on television. Every now and then, I hear people talk about how they need to know their place. Queen Elizabeth remembered her place, as the Queen of England, and overrode what the elect decided. What I have learned from this, is that courage conquers fear. She could have gone right along with what they decided for her, but instead decided to be original. For all those besides my history teacher, who are reading this essay, the greatest lesson you can receive, is that your voice matters. As insignificant as you might perceive yourself to be, know that you can still make a…
The lack of power she stems not from the positions she is in but the ability in that position. When Jody Starks becomes mayor of Eatonville, he starts a store and puts Janie in charge of the cash register and basic duties need to be done. Although Janie is in the position of power for the first time, Jody is the one who makes the final deal in the store and controls what she can and cannot do in the store making her a puppet. For example, Janie is forbidden to join in on the talks of the town which shows how that even though she is in the position that has power, she is not independent. This illustrates the male power and control to dominate a woman in all aspect of her life. In her first two marriages, Janie lacked power and independence because she was kept ignorant for many thing. She only begins to develop her power through thing that Tea Cake teaches her like chess and shooting. Tea Cake had asked her whether she cherish the game and her answer was “Yes, Ah do, and then agin Ah don’t know whether Ah do or not, ‘cause nobody ain’t never showed me how” (95). Janie is deprived of knowledge as simple a knowing how to play a game for entertainment. This is a display of narrowness of Janie’s and women’s view of their world. Janie was also taught how to shoot and for the first time she is able to gain a little power and independence. She not only learn the trade but surpass Tea Cake showing the potential of women that can never be display because of the patracical society. The achievement of Janie in surpassing Tea Cake is a painful reminder of how women are unable to have the same opportunity as males even though we have the capacity and the…
Many times throughout the novel, Alice pretty much does what she wants, when she wants no matter what. Such as when Chris and Alice go to San Francisco. They are in total control of themselves, Alice never likes when her parents try and tell her something. A lot like teenagers today go…
Throughout the novel we get to know about people who are givers, and people who are takers. One of the most giving people in the novel is Alice Whittier. Alice was born with “noblesse oblige”, which means she has to act in a manner that…
Alice in wonderland is an adventurous book full of mystery, conflicts, and surprisingly allegory. Alice goes through trails, revelations, and at one point even gets accused of “being the wrong Alice.” In this story, Alice believes that she is dreaming and having a weird one at that, but in reality she is not really dreaming. Alice is really trying to find herself and with that she is portraying the conflicts in her life through the world of wonderland. To me wonderland is just a dimension of realization and a way for Alice to find the answers to the questions that she needs. But will Alice realize this in time or will she go on through her “dream” without any realization at all? In Alice in wonderland there are many cases of allegory. The cases the i will be pointing out and defining in my own words are “The Rabbit Hole”, “Size and Growth”, and “The Looking - Glass.” In this essay i will explain my theories and definitions of the allegory in Alice in Wonderland.…
She initially responded to the monster’s attacks avoiding it as much as all that is conceivable according to the quote, “All Alice could do was duck and run, duck and run again,” (paragraph 63). Therefore, it displays the impression that she abandons easily and does not confront her obstacles. She previously escaped the grasps of the Jabberwock multiple times during her trip in Wonderland. For instance, quotes such as “The Jabberwock sounded close, so Alice sighed and raced after the pig into the woods,” (paragraph 7), and “And she hadn’t yet found a champion for the fight. So she raced past the tea table, waving her hand,” (paragraph 21) disproves the trait of her persistence in defeating the monster. She flees constantly when it is apparent that the Jabberwock aggravates her and comes to the point where it threatened her life, yet she avoided confrontation to resolve her…
Unlike her male counterpart…the female artist must…struggle against the effect of a socialization which makes conflict with the will of her (male) precursors seem inexpressibly absurd, futile, or even – as in the case of the Queen in "Little Snow White" – self-annihilating…Her battle, however, is not against her (male) precursor's reading of the world but against his reading of her (Gilbert 49).…
...ape her undying character. With her loss of pride to the Maule "mastery" and the sorrow expressed through her untimely and unnecessary death, there is no question as to why Alice 's harpsichord plays such a mournful tune throughout the novel. It is only in the end that her life and her happiness are rewarded and her long awaiting spirit is drawn towards the heavens to have her spirit rest in peace.…
Alice More: is the wife of Sir Thomas More. She does not know how to read and does not want to learn. She is unable to understand why More won’t just do as the king demands. She believes is would be much simpler. Then they could continue with their life together. She finally accepts his reasons without understanding them.…
One of the most important themes that can be seen in every chapter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is loss of childhood innocence. Alice is the only human being in Wonderland and the other animals are grown up. For this reason, other animals treat her like an adult and get offended by her careless language using. “She sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face – and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse – and she’s such a capital one for catching mice – oh I beg your pardon!” cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended. “We won’t talk about her anymore if you’d rather not” said Alice. “We, indeed!” cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail” (Carroll, 16). We see that people have to be careful about what they are saying because it might hurt someone else’s feelings. Here, Alice hurts the Mouse’s feelings and realizes the mistake that she has done. In real life when a child do something bad, it seems him/her as a play. However, Alice realizes every time that she has to be careful,…