Alice in Wonderland Psychoanalysis
The story of a young girl falling down a rabbit hole into a wondrous world of fantasy has been an allusion since 1865. The story that Lewis Carroll wrote has been mass produced and turned into several different movie franchises. Though the tale is more than just a children’s bedtime story. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll isn’t just a child 's fantasy book full of talking animals and adventure; it is also a twisted story based on mental illnesses, child pedophilia, and the overuse of hallucinogenic drugs. As a result of the combination of the aspects of the book many psychological freudian techniques can be applied to this story to further go in-depth with its meaning and the mental health of the author …show more content…
In particular is Alice herself who is also influenced by outside factors. Alice was actually based off of a living person whom Carroll was close to. Alice was based off of a young girl he spent a lot of time with, “...Dodgson’s beginning to entertain the children of Henry George Liddell, dean of Christ Church. Alice Liddell and her sisters Lorina and Edith…” (Green, Encyclopedia Britannica). Alice was seen as a young innocent girl that Carroll supposedly had a suppressed love for. Her character represents the growing youth, “Later psychoanalysts have focused more Alice’s experiences in Wonderland functioning as an allegory for the developing ego” (Evolution of Alice: Psychoanalytic Approach). Alice goes through phases of being extremely large and extremely small. She has to deal with several altercations that would involve the use of her ego, superego, and id. This allows her to show the development of a young child mentally in the freudian sense. By the end of the book she has developed more, “Through her experiences in Wonderland, Alice gradually gains empowering insight and self-understanding in order to embrace her own identity” (Evolution of Alice: Psychoanalytic Approach). Alice represents Carroll’s fantasies as well as the idea of a growing mental …show more content…
The combination of Carroll’s pedophila and mental incapabilities lead to a interesting story. With the story itself having characters like the Mad Hatter gone crazy due to lead poisoning, or a caterpillar who is constantly getting high in front of Alice. The story continues with other factors of mental illnesses and other
The story of a young girl falling down a rabbit hole into a wondrous world of fantasy has been an allusion since 1865. The story that Lewis Carroll wrote has been mass produced and turned into several different movie franchises. Though the tale is more than just a children’s bedtime story. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll isn’t just a child 's fantasy book full of talking animals and adventure; it is also a twisted story based on mental illnesses, child pedophilia, and the overuse of hallucinogenic drugs. As a result of the combination of the aspects of the book many psychological freudian techniques can be applied to this story to further go in-depth with its meaning and the mental health of the author …show more content…
In particular is Alice herself who is also influenced by outside factors. Alice was actually based off of a living person whom Carroll was close to. Alice was based off of a young girl he spent a lot of time with, “...Dodgson’s beginning to entertain the children of Henry George Liddell, dean of Christ Church. Alice Liddell and her sisters Lorina and Edith…” (Green, Encyclopedia Britannica). Alice was seen as a young innocent girl that Carroll supposedly had a suppressed love for. Her character represents the growing youth, “Later psychoanalysts have focused more Alice’s experiences in Wonderland functioning as an allegory for the developing ego” (Evolution of Alice: Psychoanalytic Approach). Alice goes through phases of being extremely large and extremely small. She has to deal with several altercations that would involve the use of her ego, superego, and id. This allows her to show the development of a young child mentally in the freudian sense. By the end of the book she has developed more, “Through her experiences in Wonderland, Alice gradually gains empowering insight and self-understanding in order to embrace her own identity” (Evolution of Alice: Psychoanalytic Approach). Alice represents Carroll’s fantasies as well as the idea of a growing mental …show more content…
The combination of Carroll’s pedophila and mental incapabilities lead to a interesting story. With the story itself having characters like the Mad Hatter gone crazy due to lead poisoning, or a caterpillar who is constantly getting high in front of Alice. The story continues with other factors of mental illnesses and other