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    Hannah A. Mercado IV Narra Literature Alice in Wonderland is a renown classic written by Lewis Carroll from 1865. While on a boat party‚ Lewis told tales to three children for entertainment. One of the children‚ Alice‚ was enamored by the story and requested that he write it down. This is what inspired the story. It is whimsical and caters to children’s delight and to some readers it is confusing at most. To better understand the tale‚ we will breakdown Alice’s character as an archetypal hero.

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    Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚” is a satirical fiction novel where the main character‚ Alice finds herself in a strange chaotic world that causes her to question all she understands in her young mind. Lewis Carroll creates the memorable character of Alice in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚” through the characteristics of emotional maturity‚ youthful inexperience‚ and kindness. From the opening of the novel‚ when Alice fell down the rabbit hole‚ her motivation of curiosity

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    immersive mental journey can destroy. Alice enters Wonderland with certain beliefs about science‚ the world‚ and how people and animals should behave. She begins her journey thinking she knows all‚ causing her to become bored with her reality and have little appreciation for her life. Although inquisitive‚ Alice starts the book close-minded‚ tentative‚ and judgmental of others‚ however‚ she begins to change as she delves deeper into Wonderland and her mind. As Alice continues to encounter strange‚ unbelievable

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    W1 Alice In Wonderland is Redeemed! Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll was first imagined in 1862 and is considered to be a literary classic. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a mathematician and Reverend of the Christ Church University. During a 5 mile boat ride with three young girls he made up the story to keep them entertained. One of the girls‚ named Alice‚ asked him to write the story down for her. He made her a book‚ complete with illustrations and from that Alice in Wonderland

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    THE TIM BURTONIZATION OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND An essay on Alice in Wonderland Novel by Lewis Caroll Film adaptation by Tim Burton In 1962‚ film critic Andrew Sarris points out a repeating movement of ideas and images throughout a filmmaker’s body of work. This later on becomes the basis of Auteur theory which describes the authorship of the filmmaker who despite is working within the bounds of a studio system is able to imprint his/her ideologies and personal style into his/her films. According

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    composers of Alice in Wonderland the novel and the film‚ and the Life of Pi the novel‚ have created a world that is both weird and wonderful. They have done this through their selected forms‚ use of language and film techniques to highlight the bizarre and transform it into a world that seems real. Lewis Carrol uses the form of a fairy tale to describe Alice’s adventure down the rabbit hole‚ Tim Burton focuses on visual techniques to emphasise the extraordinary or supernatural nature of the Alice in Wonderland

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    In Disney’s Alice in WonderlandAlice starts off as a “bad girl‚” but eventually becomes a “good girl” via her actions. Thus‚ the narrative arc of the story is that she will conform to traditional gender roles; Disney states that a woman will only be able to thrive in society if she conforms to her prescribed gender roles. A “bad girl” is characterized as being violent‚ aggressive‚ worldly‚ and often monstrous; whereas‚ traditional gender roles favor a “good girl” who is identified as gentle‚ submissive

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    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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    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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