Alice's sister reacts to Alice's dream by closing her eyes and thinking about all the adventures Alice has been telling her about.

Before long, Alice's sister falls into a dream in which all the little creatures from Alice's remarkable adventures start to appear. The White Rabbit hurries by, the frightened Mouse splashes through a neighboring pool, and in the distance, she can hear the sound of tinkling cups from the Mad Hatter's tea party. Not only that, but she can also hear the shrill voice of the Queen of Hearts sending off her guests to be executed.

In Romantic terms, this is an example of the power of dreams and the imagination. The Romantics believed that the imagination was the most important faculty of the mind, as it allows the creation of works of art.

For the most part, the Romantics also attached great importance to dreams, seeing them as presenting us with an imaginative vision of the truth, which can be brought to light by works of the imagination such as poems, plays, and paintings.