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What are the main symbols in Alice in Wonderland?

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:32:18 PST

What are the main symbols in Alice in Wonderland?

It would be safe to say that the central theme is survival and...

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:35:10 PST

It would be safe to say that the central theme is survival and adaptation to sudden change. Many have argued that this is an allegory to the transition from childhood to young adulthood, or from young adulthood to adulthood, which are transitions into complex, and complicated situations to which we have to adapt. When Alice moves into Wonderland, things are difficult for her. More than just enjoy herself and have fun in the freedoms of being...

What is the main theme of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:55:17 PST

What is the main theme of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

Grammardog Guide to Alice's Adv. in Wonderland

The Liddell's had given Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and his...

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:00:18 PST

The Liddell's had given Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and his friend Robert Duckworth permission to take their three daughters on a picnic. It was a hot July day, the site of the picnic was a clearing up the river. The five of them got into a small rowboat to get there. It took some time to get the the clearing. Dodgson and Duckworth were rowing the boat and were getting impatient with the impatience of the Liddell sisters. As you...

Alice Liddell asked Carroll to write the story he told that summer day....

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:43:03 PST

Alice Liddell asked Carroll to write the story he told that summer day. It took him approximately two years to do so. He delivered the book to Alice on Christmas day. The poem in the begginning of the book describes the circumstances of the day the story was created. Carroll and Duckworth were rowing the boat down the river. The three sisters asked Carroll to tell them a story. The oldest daughter,Lorina ("prima"), told him "to begin...

What could bill be a pun for?

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:04:47 PST

What could bill be a pun for?

On the surface, Carroll's poetry is mainly gibberish. He uses made-up...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:51:45 PST

On the surface, Carroll's poetry is mainly gibberish. He uses made-up words to create a rhythm, rhyme, and a light tone. Don't worry if you don't understand everything in the poems.The poem Jabberwock is about a monster. As a reader, you need to use context clues and your own imagination to decipher whether this is a fierce monster or a misunderstood one.Carroll wrote for children. His poems have a very pleasing sound when read aloud...

I cannot understand the short verse or poetry in the beginning of the...

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:17:34 PST

I cannot understand the short verse or poetry in the beginning of the book. What is it about ? Why does he start with this?

how is Lewis Carroll's christian life reflected in his works. through...

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:55:12 PST

how is Lewis Carroll's christian life reflected in his works. through symbols and themes

Enotes has a great summary (broken down into 3 chapters at a time) for...

Fri, 9 May 2008 17:56:57 PST

Enotes has a great summary (broken down into 3 chapters at a time) for you to refer to to help you with this question: http://www.enotes.com/alices-adventures/chapters-1-3-down-rabbit-hole. You will also find information about the Victorian Era and its influence on this novel here: http://www.enotes.com/alices-adventures/historical-context.

Would you please give me a short summary of "Alice's Adventures in...

Fri, 9 May 2008 15:22:08 PST

Would you please give me a short summary of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?

In reply to #1: Although there are certainly instances of this, I...

Mon, 5 May 2008 20:00:22 PST

In reply to #1: Although there are certainly instances of this, I believe that authors truly go with what their instincts reveal or what they've imagined. Poe is a prime example here. Poe had many horrible characters in his fiction and they were all male (I can't think of one female actually).

This is a good question for the discussion board.If the premise is true...

Mon, 5 May 2008 06:21:06 PST

This is a good question for the discussion board.If the premise is true that female writers create male monsters and male writers create female monsters, then the writer of Beowulf must have been a hermaphrodite, because that story has monsters of both sexes. And poor old Homer must have been more than just blind because he had the female Medusa and the male Polyphemus; and wasn't Cerberus male? You might use more modern writers as examples of...

Evil Characters

Mon, 5 May 2008 04:16:45 PST

Do you agree that when authors create evil characters in their books, they project fears of the opposite sex into their characters?Monsters with male attributes are created by female authors and monsters with female attributes are created by male authors.

The early Victorian era marked the emergence of a large middle-class...

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:02:30 PST

The early Victorian era marked the emergence of a large middle-class society for the first time in the history of the Western world. With this middle-class population came a spread of - "family values": polite society avoided mentioning sex, sexual passions, bodily functions, and in extreme cases, body parts. By the 1860s, the result, for most people, was a kind of stiff and gloomy prudery marked by a feeling that freedom and...

In the novel when Alice falls down the rabbit hole, the entire Victorian...

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:20:07 PST

In the novel when Alice falls down the rabbit hole, the entire Victorian world is set upside down. The ordered Victorian world which young Alice inhabits is made systematically disordered by her journey down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland. The Victorian world was for example particularity interested in assigning scientific laws to the world. So in the novel, Carroll plays with these ideas. We see that the laws of nature as defined...

How does the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland represent the era?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:13:25 PST

How does the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland represent the era?

Help Connecting Alice to Lewis's Era

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:51:52 PST

What the connection between the era , the author and the this novelI read this nice novel and found 2 connections , but I need more. It is from the victorian era . It is writen by Lewis Carroll .
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Lewis Carroll himself identified his purpose as simply to entertain a...

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:05:39 PST

Lewis Carroll himself identified his purpose as simply to entertain a young girl, Alice Liddell who was the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church College. He told this story to Alice and her two sisters during an outing, and for years later, Alice begged him to write it down. Others read it, and encouraged him to publish the fairy tale.Since that time, critics have analyzed and re-analyzed Carroll's fantastical creatures, plot, and...