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Lewis Carroll?s "Alice in Wonderland", 2005.
This paper analyzes Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", which explores the nature of reality using logic, philosophy and mathematics.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 103.95
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This paper relates that Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" is the quintessential portmanteau allegory with themes ranging from evolution, growing up in an adult world, class structure in Victorian society, meaning and manners and human sexuality; however, the glue that holds these themes together is the plasticity of reality and the subjectivity of meaning. The author points out that in "Alice in Wonderland", the device of the rabbit hole, which establishes the entire underground setting of the book, replicates the cave in the "Allegory of the Cave" from Plato's "Republic" because control, enlightenment and freedom are all prominent in both allegories. The paper explains that many of the bizarre images in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" are actually literal--or actually figurative since they involve figures--expressions of figurative expressions, which are actually literal because they involve letters and words. Long quotations.
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Alice in PlatoLand: The Allegory of Wonder
The Cave
Properties of the Forms
Forms in "Alice in Wonderland"
Factor of the Mathematical Pun on 'Remain'
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"An allegory employs a literal story to convey a figurative meaning. Through allegory, a more complex subject or idea is described in terms of that of a lower which is made out to resemble it in properties and circumstances, the principal subject remains obscure leaving the reader to make the connection between the secondary and the primary subjects. The subject of both Plato and Carroll's allegories is appearance and reality---or the good or the true."
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Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", 2006.
A look at how Lewis Carroll's unique personal characteristics were manifested in the writing of "Alice in Wonderland".
2,260 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 100.95
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This paper looks at specific influences in the life of Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) such as split personality disorder, sleep difficulty and Victorian era social problems and examines how they are represented in the story of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". A detailed analysis of the story shows that there are characters, events and symbols that may serve as allegorical representations of the influences in the author's life.
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"What is the difference between dreaming and pretending? The pretender creates the environment for the action while the dreamer is forced to negotiate an environment that was not consciously created. One of the most celebrated dreams in literature involves a girl named Alice and a place called Wonderland. On a hot July day in 1862, Charles Dodgson began telling a story to three little girls during a boating trip. It was a fantastic tale about a mysterious rabbit hole, talking animals, magic potions and a particularly violent Queen. One of the girls on the trip, Alice Liddell, begged Mr. Dodgson to write down the story for her. The story was written as Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which was later published under the more commonly known name, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Bassett 49). For the causal reader of this fairy tale, it may be hard to imagine how the author created such an outlandish story. The characters are bizarre and often absurd. Nothing in the story seems to be of this world, at least not within the realms of known sciences. However, a detailed analysis of the story shows that there are characters, events and symbols that may serve as allegorical representations of the influences in the author's life. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a story comprised of extra ordinary characters and events that correspond directly to the real life biography of Charles Dodgson."
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"Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, 2002.
This paper discusses Lewis Carroll?s "Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland" as a story that is not only nonsensical but also logical.
1,865 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 86.95
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The paper discusses that the reader may discover insights about himself and the world amidst the gobbledygook of ?Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland?. The author believes that Carroll uses language, such as puns and linguistic play, as a tool with which he introduced the reader to ideas often times overshadowed by nonsense. The paper explains that nonsensical events such as the Mad Hatter?s tea party and the Knave?s trial, have a deeper meaning in "Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland".
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"Through the character of Alice, Carroll provides readers with knowledge of Victorian people, as well as our personal struggles to mature and find our true identities. Amidst the madness in Wonderland, Alice remains her rational self, concerned with reciting her lessons so that others will appreciate her being well educated. However, what she recites is ??not quite right . . . [because] some of the words have got altered?? (Carroll 49). Alice?s fretting over saying her lessons correctly is Carroll?s way of satirizing Victorian education. One critic points out that Alice?s swimming in the pool of tears she has wept is ? . . . [Carroll?s] making an astute observation on Victorian education, notably that the acquisition of knowledge and guilt over assumed transgression often accompany each other . . .? ."
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Fantasy and Reality in Lewis Carroll's Novels, 2006.
An examination of the themes of reality and fantasy in Lewis Carroll's first set of fiction: "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
12,547 words (approx. 50.2 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 347.95
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This paper begins by presenting an outline and definition of the realms of reality and fantasy. It then posits a commentary on the treatment, the juxtaposition and the eventual merging of reality and fantasy in the earlier set of works by Lewis Carroll. The works considered are "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
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"The treatment of reality and fantasy in works by Lewis Carroll is, shall I say, unique in the annals of literature, for never has it been accomplished with such an effectiveness, subtlety, delicacy and poignancy. The principal idea in this first set of works is one of a visible, palpable and tangible 'transition point', from which the protagonist enters a realm of fantasy from a realm of reality. That 'point de depart', so to speak, is symbolized by the rabbit hole in the first work, and a looking glass in the second, both of which have a special significance as motifs of transition between the planes of reality and fantasy. Once Alice crosses these points, she passes into a realm where logic and reality as she knows it no longer applies. The idea of a definite transition point, through which one may pass in order to get to another realm is a form of subconscious demarcation used by Carroll between reality and fantasy. A portal through which one may pass automatically represents a gateway back from the other realm to this one, thus preserving the integrity of both worlds."
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Authority Figures in "Alice in Wonderland", 2001.
This paper examines the significance of authority figures and the hierarchy of authority in "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 80.95
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In Lewis Carroll?s novel, "Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland", Carroll creates a satirical impression of human authority. This paper explains how he portrays seemingly powerful characters such as the King and Queen of Hearts as shallow, idiotic, and farcical, while characters such as Alice and the Cheshire-Cat are depicted as knowledgeable, witty characters who possess the real authority in Wonderland. Carroll, through exaggeration, displays the King and Queen of Hearts as somewhat of a parallel to the top of the hierarchy of authority in the real world. The paper looks at how these characters are presented to the reader as abusing power they don?t really possess. It explains how, in the end, Alice, with the help of the Cheshire-Cat, develops as the true figure of authority in Wonderland and symbolizes young children everywhere, showing them that they too can make a difference in the world.
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"Lewis Carroll develops Alice as a prominent authority figure throughout her tenure in Wonderland. Alice?s authority increases in her own mind as she realizes how farcical and illogical the important figures in Wonderland really are. This is quite evident at the mad tea party when Alice is arriving and the Mad Hatter and March Hare claim there is no room but
Alice indignantly says, ?there?s plenty of room!,?(Carroll, 60) and sits down in a large armchair
at the head of the table. Alice, here, is showing the characters of Wonderland that they do not intimidate her and she is trying to enforce her own sense of authority over these idiotic beings. The Hatter and the March Hare try to belittle Alice with their remarks but Alice replies to their snide remarks with polite, intelligent responses. This can be manifested when the Hatter and the Hare are rudely commenting on how Alice could use a hair cut and Alice replies, ?you should learn not to make personal remarks . . . it?s very rude.?(Carroll, 60). Although the Hatter and the Hare don?t realize it, Alice is establishing herself as a teacher, or leader, that provides a helpful example to children readers with respect to manners and temperament. The idea of Alice?s authority in Wonderland is further developed to the point where she can be recognized as the supreme authority figure in Wonderland near the end of the story at the trial regarding the stolen tarts. Alice, at this point, has grown back to her normal size and has no respect for, or fear of the Queen or King of Hearts any longer."
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"Alice in Wonderland" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", 2001.
This paper is an in-depth comparison of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 0 sources, MLA, AU$ 74.95
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This paper compares and discusses the danger to the children in C.S. Lewis? "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and Lewis Carroll?s "Alice in Wonderland". It details the plots of both books and examines them very closely. It concludes that both stories show the dangers of being a child as well as other dangers in life.
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"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe? takes place during World War II in London. Four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, go live in the country to avoid bomb-torn London. They live with the rather eccentric Professor Kirke. One rainy day, the children are playing hide and seek inside, and Lucy hides in the wardrobe. Suddenly, she finds herself in the woods, and snow is falling. She has discovered the land of Narnia, and later brings the other children along to see her discovery."
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The Cheshire Cat in "Alice In Wonderland", 2002.
An analysis of the psychological premise of the cheshire cat scene in "Alice In Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This paper will discuss the book "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll and seek to understand a particular scene in the book in relation to dream psychology. By looking into the psychological value of the scene, as Carroll has created, we can understand the how the world of Alice, is quite different from that we ourselves live in, it is in essence, a world of psychology to be studied.
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"Alice in Wonderland" and "The Tempest", 2002.
This paper compares Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 76.95
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This paper considers the meaning of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" in light of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". The author analyzes the characters of Alice and Miranda .
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"Alice in Wonderland" and "Harry Potter", 2002.
This paper compares Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 15 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper explores notions of childhood in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The author stresses the use of the fantastical and the bildungsroman genre of each text.
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"Alice in Wonderland" and "The Color Purple", 2002.
This paper deals with the notion of fantasy in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland "and Alice Walker's "The Color Purple".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 76.95
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This paper discusses that there is a strong theme suggesting that fantasy is used as an escapism from the impossibility of personal change. The author points out that, in the end, a liberation is gained through fantasy.
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Lewis Carroll, 2004.
This paper provides an analysis of the novels, poems and photographs of Lewis Carroll.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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The paper offers an analysis of the novels, poems and photographs of Lewis Carroll. The paper includes an argument that his lack of emotional expression with other adults in his life found its outlet in his creative work.
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"Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born in England in and best remembered as a writer of books specifically for children. Harmon Carroll was a poet and photographer as well as an author but he also spent years as an Oxford don where he excelled as a teacher of mathematics. Whether through his use of absurd language, his exceptional visual images of children he photographed his preoccupation with numbers or his visual poems. Carroll was a master of imagery."
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?Alice in Wonderland?, 2003.
Compares Lewis Carroll's "Alice" books to Walt Disney's cartoon adaption.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 84.95
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This essay examines Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" series ("Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the Looking-Glass" and "What Alice Found There") and then compares it to the Walt Disney cartoon adaptation. The paper focuses on the differences between the two, such as the added morals to the Disney story and looks at the genre and medium of the two.
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"The only characters that seemed to have been made visibly nastier by Disney are the flowers that attack Alice both verbally and physically for being different. First the flowers accept her for thinking she is a strange flower, just like in the book, but when they discover she is not a flower they shoo her away and want nothing to do with her (unlike the book where they do not seem to realise that Alice is really a little girl). Alice is quite indignant about this and it is one of the nastier, or maybe even the nastiest scene in the Disney film."
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The Works Of Lewis Carroll, 1999.
Critical analysis of points of view, themes and humor in the novels ["Alice in Wonderland"] and ["Through the Looking-Glass"] and the poem "A Sea Dirge."
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 80.95
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"This study will provide a critical analysis of three works by Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and the poem "A Sea Dirge." In the two fantasy novels, Carroll depicts young Alice and her loss of contact with the commonplace reality to which she was accustomed. Alice finds the world of nature not as reliable as she had once believed and yet discovers that she can act with adaptability and courage in that strange world. The poem, conversely, shows the poet's hatred toward the sea and his inability to adapt to what he sees as its threat to his reality or even sanity. Unlike Alice who is constantly besieged with new and startling realities, the poet assumes that he knows all there is to know about the milieu of the sea, and there is nothing about it which strikes his fancy. Nevertheless, the poem is meant to be humorous, as are the two fantasy novels."
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Reality and Fantasy in Works by Lewis Carrol, 2006.
A commentary on the treatment of the themes of reality and fantasy in the first set of novels by Lewis Carroll.
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This paper argues that the treatment of reality and fantasy in works by Lewis Carroll is unique in the annals of literature, for never has it been accomplished with such an effectiveness, subtlety, delicacy and poignancy. The paper first outlines the realms of reality and fantasy, before positing a commentary on the treatment, the juxtaposition and the eventual merging of these existential states in the earlier set of works by Lewis Carroll. The works considered are: "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
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"Looking at these works, an extremely interesting fact emerges. The author has made use of a skillful set of frames in the narration of works that aspire almost to the status of epics. Literary frames are devices that enable an author to activate various levels of demarcation in a work, enabling the author himself to remain relatively discrete of his own work. The first frame used in 'Alice in Wonderland' is the concept of a dream into which Alice tumbles, thus entering the world of Wonderland. The figure of the White Rabbit, the harbinger of chaos, a denizen from the other world setting foot into this one is the first element of fantasy that one finds in the book."
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James Kincaid's "Alice's Invasion of Wonderland", 2004.
Review of James Kincaid's article on Louis Carroll's children's classic, "Alice in Wonderland".
1,961 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, AU$ 90.95
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This paper describes Kincaid's more cynical view of "Alice in Wonderland" in which he talks about the subversive and brutal elements of the classic story. The paper also compares Kincaid's reading of "Alice in Wonderland" to more traditional readings of the story.
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"Yet another traditional reading which Kincaid references is that which says Alice is ?the reader's surrogate on a frightful journey into meaningless night [where] practically all pattern, save the consistency of chaos, is annihilated." (92) Kincaid says that in this reading, Alice learns to reject chaos and the darkness of unlimited imagination and return to the ?sane madness of ordinary existence.? (92) This is the sort of reading which might suggest the story to be not only about children learning to navigate a foreign and nonsensical adult world, but also about the way in which children filter out the nonsense of their own fantasy lives and learn how to grow up and
chooses to reject chaos and also imagination and take part in the ?ordinary existence? of adult life. These first two readings can be reconciled by saying that Wonderland represents the fantasy of a very young child?s nonsensical imagination transposed over a sort of archetypal structure that is adult life (hence making adults seem absurd) -- and that what Alice is doing is rejecting the fantasy aspects while learning to make sense of the reality-based adult aspects."
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"Alice in Wonderland", 2002.
The following paper examines why Louis Carrol?s "Alice in Wonderland" has exercised such fascination for both adults and children.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 99.95
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This paper suggests that rather than subsuming the entire text to a specific kind of ideological reading, either psychoanalytic or literary, it is more interesting to view the text as a series of subversions of perceptual order.
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?Alice in Wonderland has been read, in different contexts, as a surrealist Freudian tale of a child?s growing awareness of her sexuality, a mathematical analysis of the concrete world, and simply a Disney-like fantasia of sight and sound. The author?s own obsessions with taking pictures of young girls in the context of his private life, coupled with his mathematical donship at Oxford University may have something to do with all of these theories. (Shulevitz The New York Times Book Review 31) Throughout the text, Alice believes she perceives one thing in a rational fashion than realizes she perceives another. Alice?s rationality and her rooting in the material world outside of wonderland, rather than any child-like removal she may exhibit from it are what form the contrasts that form the ?narrative,? such as it exists, in the book.?
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