Lewis Carroll'S Novel “Alice’S Adventures In Wonderland”

“Alice in Wonderland”, written by Lewis Carroll, is an incredible masterpiece filled with nonsense literature about a young girl named Alice Liddell, who follows “a White Rabbit with pink eyes” (Carroll) down a rabbit hole and finds herself in the world of Wonderland. Intrigued with this realm, she continues forward to discover what adventures awaited her through the Mad Hatter’s tea party, and the Queen of Hearts’ court. The connection with Marxism and this novel is how Queen Victoria ruled at the time this story was written, and few believe it reflects upon her times in Victorian England. In addition, the characters all play essential archetypes to portray their social standing and Alice is capable of proving this through her adventures when she changes heights in order to join and belong with each social order.

Issues concerning her size, identity, and her social exchanges with both Wonderland and its creatures spur and characterize Alice’s development towards becoming a young woman.

From the moment she sees the White Rabbit taking his watch from his waistcoat pocket, Alice tries to understand the logic of Wonderland. None of the rules that she has been taught seem to apply in Wonderland. The characters in Wonderland have no sense of manners and respond to her questions with answers that make no sense. For example, the Mad Hatter asks the questions, “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” (Alice 51). Alice assumes he is asking a riddle and she begins to try to answer it, thinking the Hatter would not ask a riddle without knowing the answer. When Alice is unable to figure out the riddle, the Hatter explains that there is no answer. He does not explain why he asked the riddle, he simply says, “I haven’t the slightest idea” (Alice 53). In which Alice replies, “I think you might do something better with the time, than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers” (Alice 53). The Hatter then responds with a lecture on Time, which he depicts as a person. Time being depicted as a person makes no logical sense to Alice. In the end, Alice rebels during the trial scene when the King said “Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court” (Alice 88). Alice objects to the absurd nature of the trial saying, “Who cares for you? You’re nothing but a pack of cards!” (Alice 91). This final scene is the end of her dream, and she wakes up with her head in her sister’s lap.

This passage is one of the most memorable passages in Alicebecause it so resembles the typical conversation that young girls often have with their dolls at imaginary tea parties. Imitating what their own mothers say to them over and over again – “Don’t speak unless you’re spoken to,” “Don’t shift in your seat while your elders are talking to you,” “You must be a proper young lady” – these young girls try to come to terms with all of the social restrictions that are placed upon them and to

Alice is illustrated as a curious young girl with a big imagination. She is a daydreamer, and cannot pay attention for long. One day, while daydreaming, Alice spots a white rabbit that is wearing a coat and carrying a pocket-watch. This intrigues Alice and she decides to follow past the brook and into a rabbit hole (Carroll 9). She falls, and falls, and falls, until she is in a room filled with doors.

In the nonsensical world of Wonderland, Alice falls down an infinite tunnel into an outbreak of mad sense, as well as a flurry of boisterous royalty and mad company. In the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is confronted with the preposterous logic of the most absurd characters. In the strange culture of Wonderland, adaptation is vital, which changes Alice from a meager girl to an outspoken character. As Alice wanders through the unpredictable world of Wonderland, she must cope with a new identity and prosper in a new environment where maturation is necessary for success; the demand for mental growth in difficult circumstances challenges Alice to progress into womanhood- transforming her from a frightened, young girl into a sensible, confident woman.

At the same time, he also mocks many institutions such as education and government. He creates a caucus race in the novel where a dodo holds a race to see who can dry off the fastest. This is not only irrelevant, but it also mocks the government by stating how unorganized and immature our judicial system is. In the beginning of the novel, Alice seems to be immature and cannot fathom the idea of growing up when she says, “shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll Be a comfort, one way-never to be an old woman-but then-always to have lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't like that”(pg 45). Alice asks herself throughout the novel who she really represents and what portrays normalcy. Alice does not get much help from anyone along her way, however, she is able to have a conversation with a caterpillar who sits on a mushroom. While Alice talks to the Caterpillar she says, ”at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then”(pg 55). The caterpillar gives no help to Alice and continues to ask questions to Alice until Alice comes out with the truth: “I can't explain myself you see, i'm afraid, Sir because i'm not myself you see”(pg 55). One of the many similarities of Tree Trim and Alice in Wonderland is the fact that older people are only around to help aid the lives of children. Even though Alice never sees why being young is important, she learns other lessons as in when to be quiet and not to say whatever comes to mind. Alice, who is only a little girl, seems to be too young for her own journey in the beginning due to her immaturity, but later proves the leader wrong after she embarks on her path to

The play began with Alice (Sara Goodman) reading a book by a riverbank and just as she became bored and sleepy. The White Rabbit ( Daz’Cha) randomly appears fearing he will be late constantly checking his watch. Alice (Sara Goodman) is curious so she follows the rabbit and falls down a hole a loud, slow and whiny sound is heard until she lands. Once she lands she’s in the magical world with weird creatures and people. She began to eat and drink things that changes her size but she still can’t fit through the garden door. As Alice (Sara Goodman) began crying she drowns in her own tears which is displayed by a water sound and waves in the background. She finds the rabbit’s house but once she fans herself she scares the rabbit because of her size. Then she came across the Caterpillar (Joseph Mohlenhoff) with a green face and enormous costume who she seeks advice from. But under one condition Alice must recite pottery however she is unable to. Alice (Sara) comes to a house in the woods where the Cheshire cat (Lalia Auld), Duchess (Aysha Stevenson) and ugly baby (doll) and cook (Madeline Sidoti) tells her to attend March Hare tea party (Meghan Byrne). She goes to March Hare house (Madeline) where the mad Hatter (David

Because, bourgeoisie won the greatest share of respect in their society during the Victorian time, Lewis shows their finest characteristics in Alice's behavior throughout her adventure. In the fist chapter, during the heroine's fall, she takes a jar of jam from the down-the-hole surrounding shelves in order to eat some of it. However, she insists on returning it back on one of the shelves, because she finds it empty. Although it is a short situation, it uncovers a highly childish organized side of Alice's character. Nevertheless, Alice's young age does not limit her general awareness to such point; she shows an exceptionally class-conscious personality. In her fist conversation with the White Rabbit, she commences it saying "if

The Victorian Era was a time where not many ethical ideals and moral standards were sustained. Yet, it is also an Era in which modern society uses to make advancements in both humanity, and philosophy. Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was a novelist who wrote pass his time. He wrote further in the future of the "common" Victorian Era. The ideology he presents in Alice in Wonderland is conducive to an individual attempting to bring attention to the deteriorating mental health and humane conditions in Victorian-Era England. Alice is representative of a normal child in everyday-Victorian England. This child, Alice, has not been exposed to the likes of diversity, but instead solidarity. The type of solidarity that is all too prevalent throughout the Victorian Era, primarily in the upbringing of children during this time. Children in Victorian Era England were taught to be followers of the norms already established by adults, and to ask no questions. These types of parameters placed restraints on children growing-up during this time; not only physical restraints, but also mental restraints, such as their imaginations'. Carroll was no stranger to this ideal or the likes of this concept; In fact, he constructed Alice in The Wonderland with this in mind, to defy the imaginative 'norm' of Victorian-Era England. He created a character that dreamt of falling down a rabbit hole into another universe. This dream or imagination becomes so vivid in his novel that the

Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her in an angry tone, `Why, Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!' And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.

   Lewis Carroll's Wonderland is a queer little universe where a not so ordinary girl is faced with the contradicting nature of the fantastic creatures who live there. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a child's struggle to survive in the condescending world of adults. The conflict between child and adult gives direction to Alice's adventures and controls all the outstanding features of the work- Alice's character, her relationship with other characters, and the dialogue. " Alice in Wonderland is on one hand so nonsensical that children sometimes feel ashamed to have been interested in anything so silly (Masslich 107)."

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.

Do you ever notice in stories, the female characters tend to be weak and sometimes have a mentor to guide them? Alice Adventures in Wonderland turned the tables on this type of character and made a strong, lively character Alice. Carroll disregarded the traditional plot lines and development of characters of his time by creating an empowered Alice, who overcomes the challenges in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Not only does Alice face different challenges through the story she also faces her pre-teen years of emotional and developmental stages. We can argue that Carroll disobeyed the normal childhood innocence by taking away Alice’s innocence because she had to go through Wonderland, facing different challenges that made her a strong

The first character Alice encounters is the White Rabbit. During their meeting, the Rabbit mistakes Alice for his maid Mary Ann, and requests she get his gloves and fan, which he forgot at home. His attitude towards Alice, and others he considered inferior, is rather pompous, but he acts humble and shows respect around the King and Queen. Based on this, I believe the White Rabbit could act as the antithesis of Alice. Whereas Alice attempts to act polite towards everyone,