A curious child trying to preserve a sense of logic and self in a world of arbitrary rules. The adaptable self under pressure from language and authority.
Character guide
Alice
A curious child trying to preserve a sense of logic and self in a world of arbitrary rules.
Who is Alice?
Meaning beyond the plot
The adaptable self under pressure from language and authority.
This character helps Alice's Adventures in Wonderland develop its questions of identity and language and logic and nonsense.
- Names, sizes, and grammatical rules refuse to keep the self stable.
- Careful reasoning and absurd premises coexist until ordinary rules look strange.
- Adults, institutions, and games demand obedience without earning legitimacy.
Alice through the story
Enters Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A curious child trying to preserve a sense of logic and self in a world of arbitrary rules.
Central conflict
A curious child trying to preserve a sense of logic and self in a world of arbitrary rules.
Literary legacy
This character helps Alice's Adventures in Wonderland develop its questions of identity and language and logic and nonsense.
The people around Alice
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