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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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    The director, Tim Burton, uses Alice in Wonderland and Edward Scissorhands to reveal his signature storytelling style of contrasting the Iindividual againstversus society.This is shown through the plot of the two films as well as the characters of Alice and Edward, and the setting of Wonderland versus London and Edwards castle vs the town. The director's purpose was to reveal the idea that when people are placed in a different surrounding and situation it can be confusing, and they need help to understand

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    the right size for what she needs to do, evokes how disorienting the idea of growing up can be. The physical changes can be both frightening and exhilarating “. (Ben Florman and Justin Kestler, LitCharts Editors. "LitChart on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." LitCharts.com). The numerous metamorphosis of Alice’s body are linked, most of the times, with eating or drinking something. Food is in fact one of the main elements of a child growth, children love food, and if the food in question is a cake

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    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll deals with a theme of madness and reasoning. Alice represents reasoning by trying to be logical as she solves the problems she encounters. One example is her struggle with the question, “who in the world am I” (Carroll 18). She breaks down the problem into simple true statements, such as “I think I remember feeling different”, before allowing these facts to lead to their eventual conclusion, “I must have been changed for Mabel” (Carroll 19). This

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    novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is fundamentally about the growth of the character of Alice. In the Victorian period 1837- 1901, there was a changes in children education and reflexively development of children literature. Therefore when writing Lewis Carroll attempts to put forth a form of education within the text. The story follows Alice who is a seven year old well-mannered victorian girl that stumbles through a rabbit hole into the magical world of Wonderland. Alice takes on the role of

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    The fantasy film adaption of Lewis Carroll’s original novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was directed by Tim Burton and produced in 2010. The visually engaging version of Alice’s quirky adventures is comprised of many vivid mise-en-scene effects in the dynamic scene where Alice slays the Jabberwocky. These vast arrays of elements include colour, lighting, set design, props, makeup, creative costumes and sound effects. Lighting and colour are powerful visual features that enhance the mood

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    Adventures in Wonderland 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

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    The Romanticism and Realism of Alice in wonderland I. Introduction Alice in wonderland is a famous children’s literature written by the English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson whose pseudonym is Lewis Carroll in 1865. The author is not only a mathematician, a logician, but also an Anglican deacon and photographer. In his early years, Charles was educated at home. At twelve he was sent away to a small private school at nearby Richmond. But in 1845, young Dodgson moved on to Rugby School. He left Rugby

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    Alice in Wonderland is one of the most examined books by critics and readers (“Themes”). The author, Lewis Carroll used this name as a pseudonym, his real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (“Plot”). In writing this book, his hopes were to instill a creative imagination in children. The book was written for one specific child, her name was Alice Pleasance Liddell. After hearing the story, Alice pleaded for Dodgson to publish the story, and finally, after a while, he decided to. The book is full of

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    Appropriation of a Fairy Tale – Alice in Wonderland by Layla Coles The Mad Hatter grumbled as he heard the news on the wrong Alice being brought into Wonderland. Leave it up to that timekeeping Rabbit to ruin things. “How could you mess this up? You know how important Alice is. She needs to be here to fulfill the prophecy” yelled the Mad Hatter. The White Rabbit timidly replied “I didn’t realize. I thought that she was the little girl that used to come here. The one that used to have tea with us

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