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Are there linguistic reasons for Lewis Carroll’s Alice to be treated as a flower?

In the Alice narratives, particularly in Through the Looking-Glass, Alice encounters some sentient and talking flowers who “mistake” her for one of their own: Alice was so astonished that she could ...
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Why are there so many references to, or instances of, rotational motion in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland?

Most readers are aware of the rotational movement around the table in A Mad Tea-Party, yet in the episode prior to this, the one with the Cheshire Cat on the branch, the feline had directed Alice ...
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Why couldn't Alice enter the Horenvendush Day wave the first time?

While riding in the Chronosphere, Alice comes across Horenvendush Day. However, when she tries to enter it, she's bounced back violently and enters another day (I forget which), in which she sees the ...
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Trying to understand the mechanics of the Red queen's country in Through the Looking Glass

An excerpt of the Red Queen Race event in Through the Looking Glass The Queen propped her up against a tree, and said kindly, 'You may rest a little now.' Alice looked round her in great surprise....
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the chess game in Through the Looking Glass

Can someone explain the chess game played in the Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass? The moves (those of them that are moves) are written in a different way than the one I'm used to.
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