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what is the "introduction" poem talking about? - ANS ✔✔referring the previous story Alice in Wonderland Child of the pure unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet, and I and thou Are half a life asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy-tale. This is the first stanza of the "introduction" poem. Explain what it means. - ANS ✔✔-(first line/second line) "Child" is referring to Alice; talking about Alice -(third line) Time has gone by, "time be fleet" -(fourth line) Carroll and Alice have a major age gap, "half a life asunder" -(last two lines) Even though it's been a long time since they have seen each other, Alice will still be able to appreciate the fairytale I have not seen thy sunny face, Nor heard thy silver laughter; No thought of me shall find a place In thy young life's hereafter-- Enough that now thou wilt not fail To listen to my fairy-tale.
This is the second stanza of the "introduction" poem. Explain what it means.
- ANS ✔✔-(first line/second line) Carroll hasn't seen Alice for a long period of time, her face, or laughter -(third line/fourth line) Carroll is assuming that Alice has forgotten about him as she has grown older A tale begun in other days, When summer suns were glowing-- A simple chime, that serve to time The rhythm of our rowing-- Whose echoes live in memory yet. Though envious years would say "forget." This is the third stanza of the "introduction" poem. Explain what it means. - ANS ✔✔-(first line) referring to the original Alice in Wonderland story being told on the river -(second line/third line) using sensory to explain the weather at the river when story was being told; rowing of the river -(last two lines) Carroll is still fearing that Alice has forgotten the river and the original story Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread, With bitter tidings laden, Shall summon to unwelcome bed A melancholy maiden! We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime near.
This is the last stanza of the "introduction" poem. Explain what it means. - ANS ✔✔-(third line/fourth line) referencing when he told the first story; "happy summer days" -(fifth line) bale=dangerous. It won't affect negatively what is through the looking-glass? - ANS ✔✔an allegory in through the looking-glass, what is Alice's major end goal? - ANS ✔✔-to complete the game of chess, get to the 8th square, and become Queen In order for Alice to become Queen and reach her end goal, she has to do what? - ANS ✔✔-she has to overcome obstacles in order to grow up and learn more about herself -the obstacles that she overcame occurred during the squares of the chess game The jabberwocky allegorically represents what? - ANS ✔✔Alice's obstacles she must overcome Allegorically, what does "becoming Queen" mean for Alice? - ANS ✔✔- becoming Queen is reaching a new level of maturity and overcoming obstacles how many total squares are in the looking-glass chess game? - ANS ✔✔six how does the chess game work? - ANS ✔✔you start off as a pawn. you move up two squares in your first move, so you will go very quickly through the third square (by railway). After the railway, you'll find yourself in the fourth square, and then the fifth square, and then the sixth.
who does the fourth square belong to? - ANS ✔✔Tweedledee and Tweedledum the fifth square is mostly what? - ANS ✔✔mostly water who does the sixth square belong to? - ANS ✔✔Humpty Dumpty In Looking-Glass land, everything is... - ANS ✔✔-opposite -for example, Alice says she is thirsty, and the Red Queen gives her a biscuit -the White Queen screams before she gets injured In the beginning of Looking-Glass, Alice is doing what to Dinah? - ANS ✔✔- teaching Dinah lessons, as apposed to the previous story, she was learning lessons. Now she is teaching them. -She is acting like a parent to Dinah and her babies How does Alice enter the land of the Looking-Glass? - ANS ✔✔-she stands on her living-room mantel while talking to one of Dinah's baby kittens -suddenly the glass began to melt away, and in a minute, she was through the glass what was the very first thing Alice did once she entered Looking-Glass land? - ANS ✔✔checked to see whether there was a fire in the fireplace, and she was quite pleased to find that there was one Alice found the Jabberwocky poem, and it was backwards because she is in a mirror. What did Alice do because of this? - ANS ✔✔-Alice held the book to the glass, so the words would go the right way again -this is significant to Alice because she is figuring things out at a much faster pace than in Wonderland
-his job is to get Alice safely to the next square -he guides Alice -he is a "hero", or "knight in shining armor" to Alice What does the Lion allegorically represent? - ANS ✔✔the king of Scotland or just Scotland itself what does the Unicorn allegorically represent? - ANS ✔✔the king of England or just England itself through the brawl of the Lion and the Unicorn, Carroll is representing... - ANS ✔✔representing Scotland and England fighting for the crown what does Alice allegorically represent? - ANS ✔✔-represents the middle class -the middle class was dominating the other classes during the victorian age -rebelled against the Queen during trial, represents the middle class dominated upper class what do Tweedledee and Tweedledum represent? - ANS ✔✔-they both represent the political parties of that time, the Whigs and the Tories -the parties fight over silly things through the characters of Tweedledee and Tweedledum, what is Carroll trying to say? - ANS ✔✔-through this character, Carroll is saying that there isn't much difference between the two parties (tweedledee and tweedledum are twins; they are pretty much the same) what does Humpty Dumpty represent? - ANS ✔✔-represents higher education
-he is literally and figuratively higher than Alice (he is higher on a wall and she is on the ground) -not all he's "cracked up" to be -claims he knows the meaning of everything, even poems that aren't even invented yet Humpty Dumpty is educated but can't... - ANS ✔✔do simple math: adding and subracting through the character of Humpty Dumpty, what is Carroll trying to say? - ANS ✔✔-through this character, Carroll is saying that higher education lacks life skills -higher education ignores life's basics -this is ironic of Carroll to point out because he was a mathematician: a higher education The Red Queen is very similar to whom in "Alice in Wonderland"? - ANS ✔✔The Queen of Hearts The Red and White Queen what? - ANS ✔✔complete opposites The Red King... - ANS ✔✔-doesn't allegorically represent anything -it is possible that he could be dreaming too alongside Alice The White Queen is very... - ANS ✔✔frantic and unorganized who recited the poem "you are old father William" and "the Walrus and the Carpenter" to Alice? - ANS ✔✔Dweedledee and Dweedledum
what are some additional lessons Alice learned? - ANS ✔✔-always be prepared -accept the consequences of your actions In Looking-glass, people interpret things very... - ANS ✔✔logically When Alice reaches the 8th square, she finally becomes Queen. She states that "and If I really am Queen,"..."I shall be able to manage it quite well in time. What is the significance of this? - ANS ✔✔Alice understands that she is still somewhat immature. Being able to recognize this makes her mature.
