states which is conceived through the love potion. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass allow the protagonist‚ Alice‚ to journey through her chaotic dream world in order to achieve what she ultimately desires. Both novels question how strongly the characters want to achieve their ultimate desires by risking what is unknown. In Shakespeare’s Woods and Carroll’s Wonderland‚ they create an unstable reality where fantasy aspects create confusion. The characters
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Mimesis: Plato and Aristotle 1‚515 Words Philosophy 2348: Aesthetics\ The term ‘mimesis’ is loosely defined as ‘imitation’‚ and although an extensive paper could be written about the cogency of such a narrow definition‚ I will instead focus on Plato and Aristotle’s contrasting judgements of mimesis (imitation). I will spend one section discussing Plato’s ideas on mimesis and how they relate to his philosophy of reality and the forms. I will then spend a section examining Aristotle’s differing
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(The book opens and shows the story told here.) Narrator: In a far away land‚ long ago‚ lived a king and his fair queen. Many years had they longed for a child and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born‚ and they called her Aurora. Yes‚ they named her after the dawn for she filled their lives with sunshine. Then a great holiday was proclaimed throughout the kingdom‚ so that all of high or low estate might pay homage to the infant princess. And our story begins on that most
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An essay discussing the way community and solitude within a Victorian society are represented in Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” Ellie Walsh Primarily‚ the bizarre plotline and maddening characters in “Alice in Wonderland” cause the novel to be categorised as a story of nonsense‚ and indeed‚ for children at least‚ this may be the key function of the book; to be a fun and experimental tale of madness. However‚ it can be argued that the nonsense in the story only thinly veils some of the most
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll was published in 1865‚ a time known as the Victorian Era. The Victorian Era was the time period of Queen Victoria’s reign from June of 1837 until she passed away in January of 1901. It was a time period that consisted majority of peace. The Victorian era had a big impact on the novel and how it evolved the character‚ Alice. The Victorian Era influenced the novel of Alice in Wonderland with the overall appearance of Alice‚ discussing the proper etiquette that Alice
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fictional novel tilted Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll in no way gave him the moniker The Mad Hatter‚ he was simply The Hatter. Due to his profession of being a milliner or a hatter he was exposed to heavy metals and later suffered from mercury posing‚ which can cause people to go “mad”‚ giving him the name. There have been many movie adaptations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚ Tim Burton’s 2010 modified production of Alice in Wonderland; The Mad Hatter is portrayed by Johnny Depp;
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Feminist Theory Approaching Alice in Wonderland Many people think women are subordinate than men. However‚ there are those who do not want to demonstrate the characteristics of a stereotypical woman. In the film Alice in Wonderland‚ Tim Burton uses the protagonist Alice as a rebellious woman who fights for what she wants. It is evident Burton uses Feminist Theory to help demonstrate how the protagonist grows into a self-reliant woman. Through this‚ Alice realizes she has to go against the stereotypical
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Literature May 30th‚ 2013 The Examination of Victorian Education in “Alice in Wonderland” And “Through the Looking-Glass” Throughout the Alice books Louis Carroll conveys a feeling of amusement mixed with disdain for Victorian educations that emphasize such subjects as Greek and Latin‚ refinement of character‚ and that concentrated on morals about obedience and safety. The illogical description of Victorian norms in Wonderland inspires curiosity and refuses to patronize young audiences with practices
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND The director was Tim Burton. The main idea of the movie is Alice Kingslenigh who as a child went to this magical place but as she got older she forgot all about it unless she was dreaming. But when she was a teenager at an engagement party sort of thing she say the rabbit from her dreams. As she fallows it is falls down the rabbit hole back in to Wonderland. Where she is reunited with the mad hatter‚ the Cheshire cat and many more. Who make her remember her past there and help
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In the opening statements of his essay “King Lear: Monstrous Mimesis”‚ Lawrence Schehy challenges us to rid ourselves of our simplistic expectations of a story devoted to a tail of “Filial devotion”. He asks of us that we see the characters past their transparent descriptions‚ and look for a deeper understanding as to why is it that they are portrayed as such. Schehy‚ blames the transparent nature of the play on the tone of language that the characters employ. In addition Schehy exclaims that compared
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