Alice In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass Analysis

Many critics have come to agree that Alice may be a “rebel” by trying to break out of the everyday stereotypes of women. Alice’s faith and interest seems to break the shell of a Victorian woman. One critic in particular, Megan S. Lloyd, believes that Alice’s characteristics are a vital characteristic of a revolutionary woman, and also very important to “an ideal role model for our society.”

In a nut shell, it can be said that Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass clearly reflects the distinction between illusion and reality. There are various issues that Alice faced inside the dreaming world. Moreover, there are various examples that tells us that how the dreaming world in both the texts is so different from the real world. For example, the talking animals, influence of language (nursery rhymes) , actions occur before the words spoken, backwardness, time is a person, disappearing cat, sudden transformation of size , one should move in an opposite direction to reach the destination etc.

In Alice Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Lewis mixed real perception and suitable attraction to explore starvation and malnutrition, paralleling his own society’s effort to survive. For example, Alice constantly looked towards eating to alter her size in this fantasy world. Carroll revealed an easy to understand preoccupation with food in Wonderland as a way of sharing his thoughts on hunger in Victorian society. During the 1830s and 1840s, there was an huge shortage of food, driving the prices much higher than many could afford. Many found themselves begging for food, as Alice did, or even going hungry. But in Carroll’s dreaming world, Alice found something to eat in the form of a huge mushroom. Nat...

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Alice in Wonderland, a daydreaming novel in many respects, also portrays to the reader a realistic reflection of society, both in the sense of satirizing Victorian England and, in a wider sense, aspects of society as a whole. Of course , Alice in Wonderland is not purely a work of fun and fantasy. Each character and every situation speaks volumes about the larger scheme of Victorian England as well as sure aspects of various hierarchical societies to this very day. Distinctly , this work serves not only to capture the imaginations of its readers, but also to hold up a pitiful mirror to the faces of those who enter this unbelievable place known as "Wonderland." Like other children of her age , Alice is strongly ruled by rules. Rules are clear sets of conduct which are meant for everyone to follow to maintain the order.