Alice In Wonderland As A Satire

Late rabbits, talking cats, and dancing cards are just some of the un-natural occurrences that take place in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In today’s society with competing books, such as Harry Potter, these elements in the book may seem like no big deal, but for the time period the book was published, these were anything but normal. This children’s book was first published in 1865 in the United Kingdom; during the Victorian time period, named after Queen Victoria. The book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland represents a satire on the Victorian Era and how people were expected to act, through which Carroll displays an overall theme of growing up.

In Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, a twenty-year-old girl named Alice Kingsley experiences very strange dreams ever since she was child. She dreams of a smiling cat, a white rabbit in a waist coat, a blue caterpillar and much more unusual things. At her surprise engagement party, Alice was walking in the garden when she noticed something strange. To her surprise, she saw a white rabbit in a waist coat that looked exactly like the one in her dreams. Suddenly, Alice becomes overwhelmed at the sudden proposal and was distracted by the white rabbit continuously pointing to his pocket watch. Alice followed the rabbit and tumbled down a dark hole after him. Alice finds herself in a familiar place called Underland along with many

In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, how does he use film technique to emphasise Alice’s bland, ridged and depleted ‘real’ world?

In Monty Python and the Holy Grail satire is used quite often to make fun of the Catholic faith. One of the most noteworthy moments is near the beginning of the movie when the monks are walking through the town chanting. Monty Python may use rather ludicrous humor to get their point across; however, they do a good job conveying the faults in the Catholic Church and display them on film. The movie does this through setting, characters’ costumes, and music.

Alice can be very childish, but throughout the story, she encounters many animals with human qualities that make her change her perspective of the world she lives in. The main obstacle in Alice's life is growing up. As she grows up, she looks at situations in a very distinctive way, such as the moment when alice meets the March Hare, The Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse. By the time the story is over, Alice is already a grown up because of all the experiences she confronted such as, the mad tea party, the encounter with the caterpillar smoking a hookah pipe, also Alice's encounter with the Red Queen during the croquet game and the trial.

Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones’ film Monty Python and the Holy Grail is set in medieval England. The narrative is centred around Arthur's divinely fated quest for the Holy Grail, and the exploits of his most trusted knights in its pursuit. Contained amidst the comedy and timeless illogicality, are very real satirical insights into the medieval way of life for every social distinction and the two most powerful forces of the age, the Church and monarchy. There were no police, no grazing sheep, no textile work, no cathedrals, abbeys or shrines awaiting pilgrim, no town markets or fairs, no taxes, no dynastic struggles or endless wars, no invasions, no married couples or families, no gunpowder, no industry, no roads or waterways, no planted fields,

In the wonderland where she stumbles around she is surrounded by talking rabbits, stoned caterpillars and one vicious bandersnatch. Every character in Wonderland is convinced “She is the wrong Alice.” This leaves the audience captivated and has sympathy for

One can only speculate as to whether are not Fanny Fern was the ancestor of the likes of maybe: John Stewart, Samantha Bee or John Oliver. The wit and the pace at which she dispensed her wisdom was quick and to the point. She could pack truth and injustice into a tiny package with a wink and a nod to the society in which she found herself.

As said by Dario Fo, “It is hard... to enjoy or incorporate humor and satire” (Fo). Although, Lewis Carroll does a phenomenal with his use of satire within Alice in Wonderland, which is a story of a young girl, Alice, in Wonderland. The novel describes Alice’s encounter with the illogical, random and quite mad world of Wonderland, by following a white rabbit into a hole. Everything she experiences causes her to question her perception of of reality and plain out common sense.

This doesn’t sound like a rude behavior, but the book earlier mentioned that the noise coming from within the house was too great and that no one would be able to hear and answer the door, so Alice wet into the house without being invited. If she actually cared about the people living in the house she entered or the footman she wouldn’t have treated them with such disrespect. Alice treated them this way because she believed the people of Wonderland were below her, therefore satirizing the custom that victorian people should treat the poor as equally as themselves. Alice is also shown to be slightly hot-headed and an attention hog, as Alice makes her way through the house she runs into the Duchess, having someone enter her house without being

Alice is a bold little girl who isn’t afraid to point out the King is lying. The Queen isn’t a symbolic ruler but a monarch that is feared and obeyed. The White Rabbit is afraid of both the Duchess and the Queen but not the King who, in England, would be more powerful than the Queen. And lastly the King, whose wife is the true ruler of wonderland and who is corrected by his herald and by a little girl no older than eight. If the events of this novella had taken place in England, instead of below it in Wonderland, readers might expect these characters to conform to Victorian society.

Throughout the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many aspects of Victorian society are criticized through Alice’s experiences in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll indirectly incorporates his views of society into his book. The three main aspects that are criticized are Victorian Education, Victorian Government, and Victorian Classes.

Ok, so Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland will not go down in the history books with other Hollywood movies. Actually, that's a lie. It will, but not in any positive way, shape or even form. Perhaps the only redeeming quality of this film is the amazing special effects. They do an amazing job of capturing Alice's psychedelic adventure down the rabbit hole. Something Johnny Depp is surely familiar with. Too bad the movie fell sort of flat.

Finally, both Alice and Jack share similar experiences because of the purpose of their journey. In each film, the characters go to their wonderland to save the people there. In Alice’s wonderland, she must save the white queen and the others, by defeating the Jabberwocky. In Jack’s wonderland, he must save the children from Mr. Baron and their closing loop. In both cases, Alice and Jack fight the clock to keep the others alive. They also must use their peculiarities to defeat the

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll endures as one of the most iconic children 's books of all time. It remains one of the most ambiguous texts to decipher as Alice 's adventures in Wonderland have created endless critical debate as to whether we can deduce any true literary meaning, or moral implication from her journey down the rabbit hole. Alice 's station as a seven year old Victorian child creates an interesting construct within the novel as she attempts to navigate this magical parallel plain, yet retain her Victorian sensibilities and learn from experience as she encounters new creatures and life lessons. Therefore, this essay will focus on the debate as to whether Alice is the imaginatively playful child envisaged by the Romantics, or a Victorian child whose imagination has been stunted by her education and upbringing.