Comparing the “original” Alice and what other authors, artist, etc. believe Alice should be is interesting because it shows how people’s different values can change one specific character in a novel. Alice may be one character from one specific book, but with all of the different versions of Alice in Wonderland it is safe to say that there is more than one “Alice” in a sense. The “Alice” that Carroll wrote and illustrated is not the same Alice that is present in all of the different versions of Alice in Wonderland. This is clearly shown when looking at Blache McManus’ illustrations of Alice. While looking at Carroll and McManus’ versions of Alice, the Alice in McManus’ novel is more friendly and is smiling more, while Carroll’s Alice appears to be much more unpleasant with her facial features. Carroll describes and illustrates Alice as the classic Victorian-era child that is an ideal model for children in Great Britain, but McManus does not follow this description. Even though the story is the same in Blanche McManus’ edition of Alice in Wonderland, Alice as a character is dramatically different. Alice is not being represented as the Victorian child that she truly is in McManus’ illustrated version of the novel. In the 1899 edition that Blanche McManus illustrated, she shows what Alice would look like with American values and …show more content…
Lewis Carroll’s novel was written in 1865 and Blanche McManus’ illustrated edition of Alice in Wonderland was written in 1899. Studying these two editions demonstrates that over time the values about childhood have changed drastically in the thirty-four years between publications. Carroll’s illustrations show a more serious, miniature adult-like Alice while McManus’ illustrations give Alice a more childlike approach. In McManus’ edition of Alice in Wonderland Alice looks like she is happy in Wonderland rather than
The notion of the monstrous, the line between what is acceptable or unacceptable in society, has been stretched thinner and thinner through time. But the concept that what is unlike ourselves challenges existing social relations. In other words, bodies that appear different or fail to perform as expected threaten not only the success of the individual, but the basic ideological assumptions upon which society itself is founded. Who is to blame? Probably society and the media. In the last couple centuries, humans have gone from living in a "natural world to living in a manufactured one" (Lasn 4). But before you curse at the television shows and magazines of today, realize how far back this cycle of rejecting the abnormal, shunning the so-called "freaks" of time, extends. Starting with modern times, where putting silicon pouches in one's chest or injecting botulism, a deadly toxin, into one's face is considered normal, if not encouraged, by today's society, to the 1930s-40s, when side shows and traveling freak exhibitions were at their peak in popularity, even as far back as the 1800s, with Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein--both fervently admired both then and now for manifesting the "outcasts" of 18th century literature, the "freak" and "freaky" of society have always been part of our culture.
Carroll wanted the fantasy story to be filled with ink drawings so he could present it to his younger friend who was called Alice Liddell, who coincidentally inspired the story (Engen, 1991). Tenniel’s task of illustrating the book was however regarded as “difficult” (Engen, 1991), although the illustrations themselves have been suggested to be Tenniel’s “greatest illustrations” (Engen, 1991). Despite that, there are slight differences in Tenniel’s styles from Punch to the styles he used in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. For example, Tenniel’s Punch magazine illustrations had a tendency to be very dark in shading and were a great deal more detailed. Although, his Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrations were a good deal more reserved from shading and were not as detailed, nevertheless a whole lot more innocent as intended for the target audience of the
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story about a little girl who comes into contact with unpredictable, illogical, basically mad world of Wonderland by following the White Rabbit into a huge rabbit – hole. Everything she experiences there challenges her perception and questions common sense. This extraordinary world is inhabited with peculiar, mystical and anthropomorphic creatures that constantly assault Alice which makes her to question her fundamental beliefs and suffer an identity crisis. Nevertheless, as she woke up from “such a curious dream” she could not help but think “as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been ”.
The title character, Alice, is a young girl around pre-teen age. In the real world, the adult characters always look down on her because of her complete nonsense. She is considered the average everyday immature child, but when she is placed in the world of "Wonderland," the roles seem to switch. The adult characters within Wonderland are full of the nonsense and Alice is now the mature person. Thus creating the theme of growing up'. "...Alice, along with every other little girl is on an inevitable progress toward adulthood herself"(Heydt 62).
In 2014, imagination and hallucination seem common for some who use drugs. Whether a person is watching a television show, video, or movie, drugs seem to have an impact on some of the characters. It is rumored that the author of Alice in Wonderland used the drug opiate. Perhaps, the influence of drugs contributed to the adventures Alice experienced in the book. In this paper, I will share three scenes that were very vivid to me. Then I will try to show how imagination, drugs, and hallucination may have enhanced the story.
Alice in Wonderland does a good job of highlighting how Alice in Wonderland convey’s growing up. This is done by using distinctive techniques to show the different ways, outfits and mindset a person has from childhood to
Although the novel is notorious for its satire and parodies, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland main theme is the transition between childhood and adulthood. Moreover, Alice’s adventures illustrate the perplexing struggle between child and adult mentalities as she explores the curious world of development know as Wonderland. From the beginning in the hallway of doors, Alice stands at an awkward disposition. The hallway contains dozens of doors that are all locked. Alice’s pre-adolescent stage parallels with her position in the hallway. Alice’s position in the hallway represents that she is at a stage stuck between being a child and a young woman. She posses a small golden key to ...
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are two pieces of fiction that have been read for generations. Though their plots differ, each story exemplifies different ideologies of fantasy, and has similar fictional elements. Both stories feature a protagonist’s exit from the mundane world into a world of fantasy, and in both stories these protagonists return to their world changed by their experiences in the alternate realm. The stories of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland develop differently, and might therefore require antagonists with unique qualities. However, this is not the case. In fact, when correlated, Puck and the Red Queen appear to have similar characteristics as they both derive
	Of all of Lewis Carroll’s works, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has a unique standing in the category of whimsical, nonsense literature. Much has been written about how this novel contrasts with the vast amount of strict, extremely moralistic children’s literature of the Victorian time Lewis Carroll lived in. Yet, as odd as this novel appears in relation to the other Victorian children’s stories, this short novel is odder because it was written by an extremely upright, ultra conservative man; a Victorian gentleman. Even though the novel seems to contrast with the time of Lewis Carroll, many experiences of Lewis Carroll and his unique character have a great influence in the creation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland follows the story of young Alice trapped in the world of Wonderland after falling down through a rabbit-hole. The rabbit-hole which is filled with bookshelves, maps, and other objects foreshadows the set of rules, the ones Alice is normally accustomed to, will be defied in Wonderland. This conflict between her world and Wonderland becomes evident shortly after her arrival as evinced by chaos in “Pool of Tears” and Alice brings up the main theme of the book “was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I am not the same, the next question is who am I?” (Carroll 18). After Alice fails to resolve her identity crisis using her friends, Alice says “Who am I, then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here til I’m somebody else” (Carroll 19). Hence in the beginning, Alice is showing her dependency on others to define her identity. Nevertheless when her name is called as a witness in chapter 12, Alice replies “HERE!” without any signs of hesitation (Carroll 103). Close examination of the plot in Alice in Wonderland reveals that experiential learning involving sizes leads Alice to think logically and rationally. Alice then attempts to explore Wonderland analytically and becomes more independent as the outcome. With these qualities, Alice resolves her identity crisis by recognizing Wonderland is nothing but a dream created by her mind.
the actual story of Alice in Wonderland is quite simple. A young girl is being read to by her older sister and sees a white rabbit wearing an overcoat and a pocket watch. she decides to follow it into Wonderland where she experiences several amazing things such as changes in her height to a talking cat that likes to disappear. how this man came up with this idea is unknown it is known however that he always tried to teach the children a lesson with his stories. and thats exactly what he did here.
Carroll is unwilling to accept the fact that Alice is growing up and that their friendship is coming to an end. In Alice in Wonderland, Alice is portrayed as a child in need of help, much like how Alice needed Carroll. However, in Through the Looking Glass, Alice is portrayed as older and independent. This is because Carroll sees Alice as years older than when he first wrote about her, despite her only being six months older in the book. Carroll reminisces on the way Alice used to spend time with him and he misses that friendship.
Many of us have read Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and sympathized with the main character, Alice. The audience wonders why all of the characters in Wonderland are so strange and no one seems to notice but Alice herself. The tale brings a chilling feeling to it’s audience because we wonder what we would do if we were surrounded by nothing but odd circumstances and mad characters. However, if we truly think about the story, is the population of Wonderland mad? Or is it Alice that is different and strange? After all, Alice is in their world not vice versa. With these next few paragraphs we will take an in depth look at Wonderland, it’s population and Alice to determine who is really mad here.
Growing up is a concept feared by many people, especially children. The future is scare because no one knows what will happen. Children are the most afraid of growing up because they are uncertain if they will make the right choices. The decisions one makes in life effects their future. This leads to children having mixed emotions about whether or not they want to become an adult. In the novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll uses symbols to show the themes of growing up and uncertainty of the future.
Alice in Wonderland belongs to the nonsense genre, and even if most of what happens to Alice is quite illogical, the main character is not. “The Alice books are, above all, about growing up” (Kincaid, page 93); indeed, Alice starts her journey as a scared little girl, however, at the end of what we discover to be just a dream, she has entered the adolescence phase with a new way to approach the mentally exhausting and queer Wonderland. It is important to consider the whole story when analyzing the growth of the character, because the meaning of an event or a sentence is more likely to mean what it truly looks like rather than an explanation regarding subconscious and Freudian interpretations. Morton states “that the books should possess any unity of purpose seems on the surface unlikely” (Morton, page 509), but it’s better to consider the disconnected narrative and the main character separately, since the girl doesn’t belong to Wonderland, which is, as Morton says, with no intrinsic unity. Whereas, there are a few key turning points where it is possible to see how Alice is changing, something that is visible throughout her journey. Carroll wants to tell the story of a girl who has to become braver in order to contend with challenges like the pool made by her own tears, or assertive characters, like the Queen.