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"Alice in Wonderland"
Book Review # 111470
"Alice in Wonderland"
A look at how Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" questions the definition of a fallen hero.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
4 sources |
MLA | 2008
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses how "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" breaks the mold of a hero's quest by virtue of Alice being female and by the fact that she does not bring home a tangible treasure. The paper challenges the assumption that only a male can be a hero and maintains that the values Alice learned enable her to see the world in a new way and this for her was as a great a treasure as any. The paper also considers how Alice was merely in a dream state but posits that the magic and reality of Wonderland stayed with her and so her dream is considered as valid as an adventure.From the Paper:
"Not only does Lewis Carroll's tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland create a whole new genre driven by fantasy and nonsense, but it also deviates from the typical expectations of a hero's quest. On the outside, the story follows the path of a young girl being called to an adventure by a white rabbit. As Alice falls down the rabbit hole, her world is literally turned upside down as she enters Wonderland; however, with Alice's failure to complete the pattern of a quest by not returning home with a prize, her adventures force us, as readers, to question what it really means to be a hero and return home with a prized possession."Sample of Sources Used:
- Ben-Zvi, Pinhas. "Lewis Carroll and the Search for Non-Being." The Philosopher-The Journal of the Philosophical Society of England. Vol. 90, Spring 2002. http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/school/alice1017.html
- Campbell, J and P Cousineau. Hero's Journey. http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&client=firefoxa&q=cache:yeVCCisJA7UJ:www.athensacademy.net/teachers/rwilliamson/english9honors/Journey%2520Notes.doc+hero%27s+quest
- Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Penguin Classics, 1998.
- Tuerk, Richard. "Upper Middle Class Madness: H.G. Wells' Time Traveller Journeys to Wonderland." Extrapolation. Dec. 22, 2005. Accessed Sept. 29, 2008. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-5403196_ITM
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"Alice in Wonderland" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Book-Review-Alice-in-Wonderland/111470
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""Alice in Wonderland"" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Book-Review-Alice-in-Wonderland/111470>
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Oct 05, 2008 I have always been interested in English. Queens College teaches a variety of classes, so literature from all over the world is taught and can be compared to American literature. Different schools of thought are often focused on and used to compare literature for a greater understanding.
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