Through The Looking Glass Analysis
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Alice a seven year old girl, falls down a rabbit hole and enters wonderland; a place full of nonsense and puns, which Carroll aptly uses to illustrate several points about life. Alice begins her journey at a tea party hosted by the March Hare, and Mad Hatter whom murdered Time, but seems to understand time very well; followed by her summons to join the Queen of Hearts in a game or croquet, nearly resulting in her death because something she says offends the Queen, — a seemingly constant occurrence for Alice. In Through the Looking Glass, an older Alice, returns to Wonderland in attempt to be crowned queen. Wonderland has changed in the time she was gone, and
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Beginning with the March Hare whom points out "[Alice] should say what [she] means" to which Alice replies that "she means what she says" (53), and that the two statements mean the same thing. Alice does not quite grasp that the order in which words used can convey a different meaning, and as a result, is prone to insulting many of Wonderlands inhabitants on accident because she does not understand the full implications of what she just said. In Through The Looking Glass, a much older Alice runs into a similar problem with Humpty Dumpty whom has a way with words that she doesn't understand as he is keen to point out; to which Alice asks "Whether [he] can make words mean so many different things" to which Humpty replies, "which is master —that's all" (161). The term master reveals several different things; in this context, it means Humpty is incredibly skilled in his use of language, yet at the same time also means that he is able to control or even manipulate language, as he later points out; almost to the extent that he can change the meaning of individual words based on their context. Carroll's use of the March Hare and Humpty Dumpty demonstrate how inexperienced Alice is in the use of language; and further help to show how unprepared Alice is to transition from
Beginning with the March Hare whom points out "[Alice] should say what [she] means" to which Alice replies that "she means what she says" (53), and that the two statements mean the same thing. Alice does not quite grasp that the order in which words used can convey a different meaning, and as a result, is prone to insulting many of Wonderlands inhabitants on accident because she does not understand the full implications of what she just said. In Through The Looking Glass, a much older Alice runs into a similar problem with Humpty Dumpty whom has a way with words that she doesn't understand as he is keen to point out; to which Alice asks "Whether [he] can make words mean so many different things" to which Humpty replies, "which is master —that's all" (161). The term master reveals several different things; in this context, it means Humpty is incredibly skilled in his use of language, yet at the same time also means that he is able to control or even manipulate language, as he later points out; almost to the extent that he can change the meaning of individual words based on their context. Carroll's use of the March Hare and Humpty Dumpty demonstrate how inexperienced Alice is in the use of language; and further help to show how unprepared Alice is to transition from