Through the Looking-Glass Essays

February 2016 A Mirror that Gives Two Perspectives In the novel Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll, Alice goes into an alternate world much like wonderland. At first, Alice is playing with her kitten, Snowball. Then Alice thinks about what it would be like to see what the world is like on the other side of a mirror's reflection. After pondering for some time about the Looking-Glass world, she climbs upon the fireplace and goes through the mirror on the wall. Going into a world much like her own

Tim Burton’s Alice in wonderland is a tale where an unpretentious, 19-year old individual called Alice runs away from a surprise engagement party to consider marrying a lord but eventually found herself following a strange-looking, white rabbit in a waistcoat. It ultimately leads her to a huge rabbit hole. She gets curious and tries to look any further into the rabbit hole but ends up falling in it. She then reaches an unusual place called ‘Underland’. Alice overcomes a lot of strange and peculiar

A Jabberwock is a fictional beast which appears in a poem in the novel “Through the Looking Glass.” The poem in that novel is in fact “Jabberwocky” written by Lewis Carroll. The poem itself is full of jabberwocky, which also means nonsense. The speaker uses many literary devices throughout the poem, but there are three specific literary devices that have the most effect on the work. Those three are the diction, imagery, and rhyming. In this poem, Lewis Carroll paints the perfect picture of a strange

English poet, Lewis Carroll was an author known merely of his skilled excellence in entertainment towards the young. Lewis also composed a great number of popular literature, such as “Alice in Wonderland”, “Through the Looking-Glass” and “The Hunting of the Snark”. Through Lewis's other work's; his main focus was Alice in Wonderland, due to its ability to force the reader to expect the unexpected and to challenge common sense and reasoning. Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865, by Lewis Carroll

It is clear, in this particular extract of Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking-Glass’, that Alice performs as a voyager in Looking-Glass World, thus, conjuring recollections of past explorers that discovered new territories in the late Victorian era. In this sense, Carroll could be utilising the protagonist of Alice in order to portray the fears and paranoia of a Victorian society: discovery meant change and for much of the population, change was a thing to be feared. Like the English Imperialist explorers

confusing times in a child’s life. Alice, from Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, learns all about the difficulty of transitioning from child to adult. From Alice’s changing sizes to the games Carroll uses, maturity seems to be a reoccurring theme. Lewis Carroll’s novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, explores the idea of coming of age. Alice’s constantly changing sizes represents the confusion of growing

Lewis Carroll writes Through the Looking Glass six years after as a sequel to his previous novel Alice in Wonderland. This novel illustrates Alice’s quest in becoming a queen in the abstract Looking Glass World that Alice, herself, has created. Carroll creates this Looking Glass World about Alice’s journey, but he also mirrors aspects of his life into the novel he has written. In reality, Lewis Carroll is a pseudonym, or writing name, and his real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Alice was a child

Charles Dodgson also known as Lewis Carrol, is the author of Alice’s adventure in wonderland and through the looking glass. Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. The eldest boy of a family of 11, he also excelled in math, and loved to write. He love to tell stories about fantastic tales about dream worlds to his little sister Alice. On afternoon Alice and two of his little sister were listening to Carrols first literation, which would later become Alice’s adventure in wonderland

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been a very popular book since its release in 1865, which led to a sequel in 1871. Lewis Carroll’s crazy imagination has entertained millions since. Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, best known by, Lewis Carroll, was born in the village of Daresbury, England on January 27, 1832. Carroll is the oldest of eleven siblings and was raised in a rectory by his parents Reverend Charles Dodgson and Frances Jane Lutwidge. Carroll excelled in math and won many academic prizes.

As she falls, she wonders if she will fall “right through the earth!” (13) She seems to have lost her place in the world because in her confusion over the words “antipathies” and “antipode” Alice gives an excellent definition of the word “antipodes” who walk with their heads upside down, but confuses it

of two extremely famous works of literature: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, has proven that the two books are not dubbed as the wholesome books we all once thought they were. Both books have a much more complex structure than they seemed to have had when we first looked at them; however, this paper will only focus on the second book, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. This book specifically has some symbols spread all

In Frank Beddors’ The Looking Glass Wars, the story we all know and love is turned upside down and spun around. In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland we see a young girl from London that fell down a rabbit’s hole into a wonderful world that she had never seen before. In Beddors’ story, we see that Alyss is the princess of Wonderland and is forced out of the queendom. She grows up in England only to be rescued by an old friend. When they returned Alyss takes down her evil aunt Redd and reclaims her

The Life and Accomplishments of Lewis Carroll Throughout the years you have probably read a fair share of fantasy. Maybe you read the story of a boy who learns that he is a wizard, and must save the Wizarding world from evil, or perhaps the one where children explore the inside of a wardrobe and find a magical land with talking animals and mythical beasts. In fantasy, the possibilities are endless and anything can be created. One of the most well-known books of this genre is Alice’s Adventures

Alice in Wonderland Name of Course Moderator Name of Organization An Essay Name of Student Date of Submission Word Count: 875 Introduction The story of Alice in Wonderland is about Alice wandering though the Wonderland experiencing different types of encounters which are puzzling to her. In chapter 2, the biggest puzzle that Alice encounters is her own childhood identity. There are many different types of puzzles that Alice encounter some are the dream puzzles and some are the

been there with us since the start of human race. Our thoughts lead us to the things we do in life. During the Victorian era many people were focused on new ideas and new inventions. As for Lewis Carroll writing for “Alice in wonderland through the looking glass” you see all the scientific thoughts put in the writing you see clocks, all the gears, factories, and weird clothing

Lewis Caroll and his life Lewis Carroll, born Charles Dodgson, was an essayist, mathematician, photographer, and a man of religion and we can say that truly an intelligent person. Carroll was an outstanding British essayist all through the world. As a youngster, Carroll involved in his siblings and sister and the offspring of his closest companion when he was a grown-up. Lewis Carroll experienced many difficulties as he was growing up, and despite the fact that he needed to defeat them, his creative

metaphor for a psilocybin-induced experience. In “Looking Glass House” the author: Vanessa Trait uses strong allure to drugs throughout the story. By using the word “kitty” repeatedly it shows how Alices perception on the world has been altered because she is giving humanistic characteristics to an animal rather than keeping the animalistic traits. By doing this it is hinting at the fact that Alice underwent a serious neurotic change and is looking at the world in a way no one else can

In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars, Alice in Wonderland is twisted to a new story. Alyss is in Wonderland as princess but is attacked by her aunt Redd. Family problems will come back to haunt you. Genevive, Redd, and Alyss are at war against each other because Redd wants Genevive’s throne. Alyss is the one that is expected to kill Redd and end the war as queen. Genevive is queen of Wonderland. Redd wants to kill Genevive for the throne, so when she didn’t get it she said “‘Even you cannot take

A Jabberwock is a fictional beast, which appears in a poem in the novel “Through the Looking Glass.” The poem in that novel is in fact “Jabberwocky” written by Lewis Carroll. The poem itself is full of “jabberwocky,” which can also means nonsense. The speaker uses many literary devices throughout the poem, but there are three specific literary devices that have the most effect on the work. Those three are the diction, imagery, and rhyming. In this poem, Lewis Carroll paints the perfect picture of

What is Alice In Wonderland? The award winning 2010 movie Alice In Wonderland, is a Burton-esque twist on the enchanting tales, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, 1865, and “Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There”, 1871, written by Lewis Carroll. The popular movie, full of magical details such as evil queens with abnormally large heads, talking animals and insane red-heads, was pulled off well with Burton’s approach of a mixture of live action and animation. This wonderful version