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    Society often creates an unspoken set of standards on what defines “normal”. Then, we imprint these ideals into the brains of children and they live their lives conforming and never thriving. Tim Burton, an advocate for individuality, uses his films to break these standards. Burton incorporates Misfit protagonists and Motherly/Fatherly figures in Alice in Wonderland and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children to display that young people truly find themselves when they deviate from the path society

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    the original text, Through the Looking Glass". (IMDB) Aside from the fact that the Red Queen is a combination of the Duchess, Queen of Hearts and Through the Looking Glass’s Red Queen, the book does not really focus that much on The Red Queen, the Duchess appears once in the book, and her role was insignificant and pointless. Same goes for the Queen of Hearts, only she is well known for her line “Off with his

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    Pardoner's Tale

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    the theme of greed and corruption that Chaucer shows in the “Pardoner's Tale” along with the stereotypes of the drunks. The Tale starts in a tavern with the 3 drunks. A hand bell starts to ring and the 3 drunks ask the tavern-knave to go ask for the names, the tavern-knave told them that there was no need as he already knew who was dead, one being an old friend of theirs.

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    trying to fit the puzzle together and asking questions to all the animals she meets The White Rabbit: is the servant to the queen Irresponsible: he is irresponsible because he always loses track of time which makes him late to his duties The Queen of hearts: The queen of Wonderland The King: the husband of the queen and co-ruler of Wonderland 5. Major setting: Wonderland One major setting in this book is Wonderland because that where Alice meets different people or animals. This is also were most of

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    Scurvy knave! I am none of his flirt-gills; I am none of his skainsmates.And thou must stand by too, and suffer every knave to use me at his pleasure!” (pg 852)This shows that the nurse is defining herself as a strong and self-confident woman. She lets the character know that she is not a commonwoman and is not one

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    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. First, it is widely accepted that Lewis Carroll was criticizing aspects of Victorian Education of children. There is strong evidence that Carroll thought negatively

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    Lewis Carroll was a famous American author of the children 's classics Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Although his novels were primarily written for children, no other children’s book has received so much adult attention such as this one. Lewis Carroll has been inspiring directors, writers, and artists of all sorts for decades. The latest addition happened in 2010, where director Tim Burton created a film, Alice in Wonderland, based off of Lewis Carroll’s fantasy

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    The Hatter Quotes

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    is an abundances of tea accessories on the table. He is most notable for "murdering time" when he sang poorly for the Queen of Hearts. She hated it so much she sentenced him to death which he escapes from. In retaliation for the Hatters slip, Time stops himself resulting in it always being tea time (6:00pm) forever. The Hatter was the first witness at the Knave of Hearts trial alongside

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    causes Alice to almost disappear. Also, in the “enchanted garden,” the Queen of Hearts is rather seen the Queen of Death. The Queen is renown for her famous quote of “Off with their heads!” (54) • Justice is crucial to any government in the world. However, the world of Wonderland seems to be a parody of actual justice. Unlike the laws here where one has to be proven guilty to have action in court, the Queen of Hearts requests

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    Estella Chapter 1

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    meeting, Estella often patronises Pip, commenting on his 'coarse hands' and 'thick boots'. These phrases show that Estella is psychologically harming Pip by breaking his heart, (the effects of this can be seen when Pip starts harming himself later when out of sight.) Also, Estella comments on Pip's phraseology as he 'calls knaves jacks'. This also hurts Pip as he believes Estella will never be with him due to him being a commoner which deeply upsets Pip as Estella is the most beautiful girl he has

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