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    being in their “fantasy” world. The Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen

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    1. What role does the Queen of Hearts play against Alice? The Queen of Hearts bears similar qualities as a boss in a game; she is the final obstacle Alice encounters before waking up. The Queen is the ruler over Wonderland and is described as a cold-hearted, short-tempered tyrant. When Alice in the last chapters of the book, meets The Queen, she encounters true fear. It is stated that Alice knows logically there is nothing to fear, since both the Queen and the royal prosecution are simply a stack

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    However, Alice begins to realize the dynamics as the story progresses and new experiences emerge. I feel that Alice’s change in attitude is Carroll’s way of insinuating the ridiculousness or hypocrisy in the adult’s and society’s standard way of thinking. The first scene where the reader sees Alice take hold of her authority is when she becomes incredibly big at the White Rabbit’s House. I feel that this scene is very significant because it shows how the shift in Alice’s character is set up. In order

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    England, The novel can be first identified as the direct opposite with characters that jigsaw into the real life. Wonderland was ruled unjustly by the Queen of Hearts,who, correspondingly was Queen Victoria. There were pieces of evidence that Carroll was not overly timid by the Queen. The “aristocracy” of violence that was assigned to Wonderland (the Queen and the Duchess) as well as the ludicrous mangling of justice in the trial (“Sentence first, then verdict”; the British system indeed at that time

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    Adolescence, an important role that self-esteem plays during adolescence is well-documented. As Alice begins to learn how to adapt to the strange world, she continues to gain self-confidence and self-esteem. This is evidenced by her response to the Queen of Hearts when Alice says that the Queen’s command is “nonsense” and is able to save herself from being

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    Alyss for the better of the queendom. When Redd came with her army everybody knew this“Every Wonderlander over the age of twelve remembered the devastation of the civil war between Redd and Genevieve. They knew why Redd had come.”(54) at this moment Queen Genevieve knew that she was going to have to give her daughter and her life up for the queendom, ”Once Alyss and Hatter have escaped through a private looking glass, Genevieve faces Redd again, providing distraction enough to protect her daughter,

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    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

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    At the very ending of the book, the King and Queen of Hearts make everyone attend court over the case of the missing tarts. Alice thought everything seemed very official with the jury box that held all of the jurors with their slates, and the king as the judge with his white wig on. Eventually, Alice discovers

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    The Looking Glass Wars

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    her to Wonderland and meets strange characters like the Cheshire Cat and others. Now there are many differences in Beddor’s tale; not only is the Cat an assassin with nine lives but Alice-the character we grew up knowing-has a different name, Alyss Heart. She is a young girl whose kingdom of Wonderland is taken over by her blood thirsty and cruel Aunt Redd, who is truly the incarnation of evil. This book is one with many

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    A Monologue Of Alice

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    I had the same line of field for 25 years, and i have never had a case as odd as Alice’s. She was my first and last client. Her mother came in when alice was five years old, Alice called her the Queen of Hearts, she called me the Mad Hatter. Funny thing she actually made me feel a bit mad sometimes, she always had such a surreal look on things in her life that scared me from time to time. I only wish i realized what was going on sooner. I first met Alice on February 14,1865 the same day as her birthday

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    Looking Glass Wars Theme

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    Genevieve is Alyss’ mom, and was the queen of Wonderland before getting killed by Redd, her cruel sister. Genevieve took many risks to ensure that the future of Wonderland was not in her sister’s hands. “‘You can have me instead’” (63). Genevieve says this to her sister, Redd, who is about

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