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Alice In Wonderland Gender Roles

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In Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice’s fall through the rabbit hole, which symbolizes rugged individualism to demonstrate a woman challenging traditional gender roles, suggesting that in a marxist society there is no place for women if their roles change. For example, when the white rabbit first appears, Alice gets curious and, along with Dinah, decides to follow it to a rabbit hole. Alice moves Dinah behind her and enters saying, “you know, Dinah, we really shouldn’t uhh..uhh...be doing this… After all, we haven’t been invited. And curiosity often leads to trouble-e-e.” Alice admits she shouldn’t be entering and should wait for permission, being submissive, yet knowing the potential “trouble” her actions can result in, Alice falls down the
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