Alice in Wonderland

Research by John Lanska and Douglas Lanska (2012) stated that the disease was first described by John Todd in 1955. They mentioned that Todd named it after Lewis Carroll who fabricated the story of "Alice in Wonderland". The disease was named after the story because the character Alice fell into an abyss that was a portal to another world where eating and drinking can make you miniature or gargantuan. The effect of AIWS is similar. It can stimulate headaches and visual perceptions such as…

goodbye’ I’m late. I’m Late. I’m late.” In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, this is the chant the little white rabbit sang. As the rabbit runs by, Alice’s curiosity bests her. She tumbles down the rabbit hole after him and finds herself scared, alone, and frustrated. Though the story was light hearted, a much more serious matter loomed under the surface. Alice had become depressed. Nothing ever felt right to her again after Wonderland, as we see in the 2012 movie adaptation. Being scared,…

Producing the photograph from the ‘Wonderland series would’ve taken a very long process because of the backdrop. In order to make a backdrop, she would’ve had to research and find images she would like to use for her backdrop. It seems like she’d combined many ideas together to create her wonderful backdrop that incorporates a deck of card and different kinds of animals. To make the backdrop, Polixeni would’ve needed to draw out all the details she created with on a massive piece of blank…

be about. Burton uses more nondiegetic sounds instead of diegetic music in all of his films. Since only the characters in the film know what’s going on, the audience relies on nondiegetic to be able to get a better of meaning of the film. In Alice In Wonderland, Burton uses panoramic camera movements and nondiegetic inspiring music…

to be God like. This theme of a perfect, pure child was created and idolized during the Romantic era, however, the definition of a perfect mature adult was not addressed. In Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice is placed in wonderland the middle land between Childhood and Adulthood. Alice finds herself in a “good deal frightened at the sudden change,” (22) of a child to an adult. Children are unprepared and frighten for this sudden change because of, adulthood not happening…

Alice begins a new journey, through the Looking-glass world, taking her on an expedition through a difficult game of chess. Alice starts out in the world by meeting up with the Red Queen, who shows her the number of many brooks running straight across from side to side, dividing the area up into squares as Alice realizes it is a giant game of chess (Carroll, 131-134). The more Alice sees of the game the more she wants to be a part of it. The Red Queen puts Alice up to the test to see if she can…

Frank Gonsalves Gonsalves 1 Magnani, Grace English IV CP 5 December 2017 ROOM Motif Essay ROOM is a novel that follows two protagonists by the name of Jack and “Ma” and their daily routine while being in captivity at the hands of Old Nick. Jack is a five year old boy who is the son of Ma and the only company she’s got in Room so Ma tries has much has possible to give Jack a productive life in Room by strengthening his motor skills in hopes that when the day comes that they do get…

see things as part of the group or not. The acceptance of society is the main theme. A lot of people hesitate and pull away from what they are afraid of or do not understand. The characters of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” in their own way must deal with the fact of being an outcast, and unfortunately an outsider of society. They must find out what is acceptable and unacceptable in society. Throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, she introduces her main…

In this essay I am going discuss the importance of imagination and also answer this question in regards to Alice's Adventure in Wonderland. Imagination is one thing enabled by intelligence to us humans. Nevertheless, perhaps due to the fact that it is considered to be a childish characteristic, we don’t realize the real significance of imagination as being responsible for the world that we live in. Imagination enables us to accomplish a lot of things, not necessary useful or good. Without…

Archetypes are elements of certain emotional complexes found in the unconscious minds of all human beings, charged with the potential for good and evil. This very theory is depicted in literature which expression and form pertain formal patterns of meanings from dreams, myths, and legends. A theory that comes up in stories that we read or movies that we have seen highlights the components of a good tale through the use of character development, setting, and moral lesson. Critics and proponents…