Characters
Quotes
Themes
Alice
Misc.
100
This character was a way for Carroll to make fun of the Victorian era's lack of drug laws.
Who is the Caterpillar?
100
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then," represents Carroll's view on what.
What is puberty and the constant growth/change of children?
100
This theme is shown throughout the novel as Alice changes in size many times.
What is the theme of the tragic and inevitable loss of childhood innocence?
100
Alice's pool of tears represents this in the story.
What is a punishment for Alice’s giving in to her own emotions?
100
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland is based off of this real life person.
Who is Alice Liddell?
200
Alice Liddell's sisters, Lorina and Edith are represented by these two characters.
Who are Lory and Eaglet?
200
"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad," represents Carroll's view on what.
What is Carroll's view that everyone is different/crazy?
200
This theme is shown throughout the novel as Alice encounters a series of puzzles that seem to have no clear solution.
What is the theme of life as a meaningless puzzle?
200
Being from a wealthy English family in the novel, this represents what in real life.
What is Alice Liddell's family?
200
The dreamlike state of Wonderland contrasts against what aspect of Carroll's life?
What is the strict, logical career as a mathematician?
300
This character is based off a real priest named Reverend Robinson Duckworth.
Who is the duck?
300
"All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little hands are plied, While little hands make vain pretence All in the golden afternoon Our wanderings to guide," represents this important moment between Carroll and the Liddell children.
What is when Carroll and the Liddell children went on a boating trip and Carroll invented a series of adventures to entertain them (i.e. the origin of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)?
300
This theme is shown throughout the novel as Alice continually finds herself in situations in which she risks death.
What is the theme of death as a constant and underlying menace?
300
As Alice talks, yells and cries at herself throughout the novel, an analysis of this may be that she has the mental disorder of what.
What is schizophrenia?
300
While the Hatter, caterpillar, and Hare are irrational characters, this trait of the Cheshire Cat represents Euclidean geometry.
What is his smile, which maintains the form of an ellipse?
400
This character was based off of an interaction Carroll had while trying to marry a women. Upon rejection and his long term grudge, he decided to create this character.
Who is the Queen of Hearts?
400
"A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red," represents the loss of this aspect that Carroll tried to memorialize in his photographs.
What is innocence and purity (specifically of children)?
400
This theme is shown throughout the story as Alice struggles with the importance and instability of personal self.
What is the theme of finding your identity?
400
When Alice is stuck trying to figure out who she is in Chapter 2, she concludes she is this character who has "a poky little house and no toys.”
Who is Mabel?
400
The lack of adults in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland represents Carroll's preference for this group of people.
What are children (specifically young girls)?
500
A man by the name of Reverend Gordon W Baillie committed an undocumented offense against Dodgson and earned himself caricature as this character.
Who is the Mad Hatter?
500
Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” The Cheshire Cat: “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” Alice: “I don’t much care where.” The Cheshire Cat: “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” This represents what idea of Carroll's?
What is the idea of not always needing a direction/path in which to follow?
500
These theme is first shown throughout the novel by the feeling that Alice expresses when falling down the rabbit hole.
What is the theme of abandonment/loneliness?
500
Alice's superior attitude and manners are first challenged by the White Rabbit, representing who in real life?
Who is Lewis Carroll? (Represents how he is lower class than she is but is pushing her to see reality.)
500
Alice's battles against bizarre characters who impose strict, nonsensical rules represents Carroll's rebellion against this religion.
What is Christianity?
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