Questions tagged [alice-in-wonderland]
Alice in Wonderland is a classic story about a fictional character named Alice and her odd adventures. She was created by Lewis Carroll and first appeared in 1865.
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Are there linguistic reasons for the Dormouse to be treated like a piece of furniture in ‘Wonderland?’
In A Mad Tea-Party the Hatter and March Hare mistreat the Dormouse, as they
...were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head.
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Why is the raven like a writing desk?
In Lewis Carroll's Alice series, the Mad Hatter says a riddle, Why is the raven like a writing desk? There isn't any answer to this riddle in this book. Why does the hatter say this and does this ...
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What was the Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar smoking?
Certainly the poster child for drug reference fantasy stories, did Lewis Carroll ever reveal just what his 3 inch long blue "Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar" character smoked in his bubble pipe while ...
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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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Was there a literary inspiration for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland?"
Numerous writers have drawn on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. A quote, edited for length, from Wikipedia notes that, among many others, the following written works have been influenced by Alice:
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What does the Hatter’s “Your hair wants cutting” mean in A Mad Tea-Party
Near the beginning of A Mad Tea-Party, the Hatter suddenly, and seemingly out of nowhere, states “Your hair wants cutting,” which words Alice takes as a personal insult. This was the Hatter’s first ...
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What's the time dilation ratio between Earth time and Wonderland time?
I recently watched the Alice miniseries that aired on SciFi Network / Syfy back in 2009. I know that...
However, how long was her stay in Wonderland-time? Over the course of the miniseries/film, we ...
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How did Alice return from Wonderland the very first time?
Warning, many spoilers of Alice in Wonderland and sequel.
In Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Alice has nightmares that are actually memories of her first visit to Wonderland when she was a child. She ...
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Are there linguistic reasons for the Dormouse to think himself a bat in A Mad Tea-Party?
When the Hatter tells Alice how he upset Time, at the Queen’s concert, he begins to demonstrates how this occurred:
”We quarrelled last March - just before he went mad, you know -“ (pointing with his ...
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Was the caucus race filmed for the 1985 Alice in Wonderland miniseries?
In December 1985, CBS broadcast a two-night miniseries version of Alice in Wonderland, produced by Irwin Allen. I remember watching it at the time (although not live; it was actually the first ...
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What are the references to Alice in Wonderland?
In the series Alice in Borderland, there are logically several references to the book Alice in Wonderland. Most notably, the protagonist goes by Arisu (Alice) and finds himself in a bizarre world ...
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Did the movie Alice in Wonderland(2010) use live-action?
I was wondering about the movie Alice in Wonderland. How did it use live-action even though it was purely an animation? If it was to be compared to Transformers: Dark of the Moon for example, it can ...
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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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Did several months elapse between the beginning and end of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
Before Alice enters the dream state -and falls to Wonderland - on the bank beside her sister, the reader is told by Carroll that it was a hot day and that Alice thought of the possibility of making a ...
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Does "Little Mimzy Wells" by Markiv Inias really exist?
In this question, "Was there a literary inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland?”, the questioner quotes a Wikipedia listing of some literary works inspired by Lewis Carroll's story, ...
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