Alice In Wonderland and a Curious Child Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland has entertained not only children but adults for over one hundred years. The tale has become a treasure of philosophers‚ literary critics‚ and psychoanalysts. There appears to be something in Alice for everyone‚ and there are almost as many explanations of the work as there are commentators. One commentary is A Curious Child by Nina Auerbach. Auerbach discussed how Alice is a representation of a middle class child
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Adventures in Wonderland‚ written by Lewis Carroll‚ enjoys an unrivalled amount of popularity among readers across the world. It is the story of a young girl who falls down into in a fantastical world where madness is the rule and not an exception. It is a world in which nonsense is ripe: rabbits can talk‚ cats can easily vanish and drowning in one’s own tears is a possibility. However‚ at the end of the book‚ readers‚ who are starved for normalcy‚ are glad to understand that Wonderland is not a reality
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Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll * Published by Derrydale Books™ in 2001. 247 pages * Genre: Fantasy; Literary nonsense * Alice in Wonderland is a well-known‚ fictional children’s story about a young girl and her bizarre experiences in Wonderland. BODY Alice in Wonderland is about a young girl who is sitting on a bank in England with her older sister‚ when she sees a white rabbit in a trench coat and decides to follow it. She falls down a very deep hole into Wonderland where she
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Alice in Wonderland – Book Review Alice and Wonderland is a novel written by a man named Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into this fantasy ‘wonderland’. This novel tells us about Alice’s weird and wonderful adventures down the rabbit hole and the unusual characters she encounters. She follows a white rabbit that was talking to himself‚ wearing a waistcoat and had a pocket watch‚ down the rabbit hole. She
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“Curiouser and curiouser!” Lewis Carroll‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Imagine a world where nothing is sane. Everything is mad. And if you’re sane‚ well‚ you’re mad too. This perfectly describes the curious world of Wonderland. This book isn’t just a fairytale‚ it is also a satire. It is a satire of the historical English Wars of the Roses. The wars between the House of Lancaster and the House of York stemmed from the pathetic rule of King Henry VI‚ who was also known as the Red King. His
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Alice Alice is a sensible prepubescent girl from a wealthy English family who finds herself in a strange world ruled by imagination and fantasy. Alice feels comfortable with her identity and has a strong sense that her environment is comprised of clear‚ logical‚ and consistent rules and features. Alice’s familiarity with the world has led one critic to describe her as a “disembodied intellect.” Alice displays great curiosity and attempts to fit her diverse experiences into a clear understanding
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The publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 marks the beginning of what is often called the Golden Age of children’s literature‚ a period when‚ for the first time‚ children’s works were written for purposes other than moral uplift. Author Lewis Carroll invented a dreamworld where Alice‚ a remarkably self-possessed child‚ encounters a series of adult eccentrics (among them‚ the Mad Hatter‚ the Ugly Duchess‚ the Mock Turtle)‚ who utter parodies of well known‚ platitudinous poems of
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Alice In Wonderland Literary Analysis Many themes are explored when reading Lewis Carrol’s‚ Alice in Wonderland. Themes of childhood innocence‚ child abuse‚ dream‚ and others. Reading the story‚ it was quite clear to see one particular theme portrayed through out the book: child to adult progression. Alice in Wonderland is full of experiences that lead Alice to becoming more of herself and that help her grow up. It’s a story of trial‚ confusion‚ understanding‚ and success. And more confusion. Though
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Dream Analysis of Alice in Wonderland Who’s who and what’s real; are we who we claim we are‚ and is reality really real or is everything just a fragment of what we think is the universe? A dream sequence is a technical term used mostly in film and television to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. (Wikipedia) The deeper lying theme that Carroll wanted to incorporate into his story of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass‚ in my opinion‚ was not his psychological
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