Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” falls under two main genres: a fairytale and a short story. This story works as a fairytale because of its anthropomorphic character (the white rabbit) and its larger than life details such as the unrealistically slow fall down the rabbit hole. This excerpt alone also functions as a short story due to its short length. However, if the story were to be presented in its original length/form the story would most likely only fit into the fairytale genre.
2. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story?
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Who is the protagonist? Antagonist?
In the excerpt of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” the main character Alice is the protagonist and the White Rabbit is the antagonist. In the full-length version of this well-known story, the Red Queen would be our antagonist. However, since she has yet to be introduced in this short excerpt, the White Rabbit takes her place. The White Rabbit may function as the antagonist because he is what’s causing Alice to stray away from home, which ultimately leads her to trouble.
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What is the setting of the work? Is there more than one?
Within the expert of, “Alice in Wonderland” there are four different settings that Alice encounters. There is the river bank that Alice was sitting by with her sister during the summertime at the beginning of the excerpt (we can assume that it was summertime since it was described as being a hot day and there were flowers already bloomed that Alice daydreamed of picking), there is the long rabbit-hole Alice fell down, the long hall at the end of the rabbit-hole with all of the locked doors, and there is the garden on the other side of the small 15 inch door.
6. Why has the author chosen to emphasize certain details of the
2. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story?
The exposition of the excerpt from, “Alice …show more content…
Who is the protagonist? Antagonist?
In the excerpt of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” the main character Alice is the protagonist and the White Rabbit is the antagonist. In the full-length version of this well-known story, the Red Queen would be our antagonist. However, since she has yet to be introduced in this short excerpt, the White Rabbit takes her place. The White Rabbit may function as the antagonist because he is what’s causing Alice to stray away from home, which ultimately leads her to trouble.
4. What are the most important traits of the main …show more content…
What is the setting of the work? Is there more than one?
Within the expert of, “Alice in Wonderland” there are four different settings that Alice encounters. There is the river bank that Alice was sitting by with her sister during the summertime at the beginning of the excerpt (we can assume that it was summertime since it was described as being a hot day and there were flowers already bloomed that Alice daydreamed of picking), there is the long rabbit-hole Alice fell down, the long hall at the end of the rabbit-hole with all of the locked doors, and there is the garden on the other side of the small 15 inch door.
6. Why has the author chosen to emphasize certain details of the