Dec 22, 2009

Through the Looking-Glass | Related Titles/Adaptations

Through the Looking-Glass is a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and differs from it in tone and substance. The main theme—what it is like to change from child to adult—remains the same. There are, however, obvious contrasts. Alice's adventure is indoors rather than out, and it is winter rather than summer. Alice's sister, with her mothering spirit, is no longer present (Alice does tell her of her adventures later). Instead, Alice mothers Dinah's kittens, who become the White and Red Queens of her dreams. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Queen of...