Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland - Critical Review Philosophy - a subject that had driven people insane for as long as humans know their history. All the time people try to find a meaning, and later controvert it. For example, critics view a novel by Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as a quest for maturity story, Carroll's view on Victorian Society and even existential meaning on life. All of those interpretations come from philosophical "drive" of the critics. The truth is that anyone can point a finger at the book and come up with their own "deep" meaning of the story, but if one looks at facts, well known, and obvious things - it is clear that the story is simply a children tale intended for entertainment and nothing more. Of course there is no sure way to prove that Carroll did not intend any deeper meaning into the story, after all, he was a mathematician and a man of great knowledge of children (19th Century Literature Criticism 105), but lets take a look at the most obvious fact - the time, place and audience of the original story of Alice in Wonderland. Here are the words of Lewis Carroll as he recalls that day:Full many a year has slipped away, since that "golden afternoon" that gave thee birth, but I can call i
" it is told that the story was made up as the trip with the girls went on, and it ended when their trip ended - just like that. And that's how the story originated. Critics may argue saying that although it was written for a child, Carroll still had deeper meaning intended when he told it. t up almost as clearly as if it were yesterday - the cloudless blue above, the watery mirror below, the boat drifting idly on its way, the tinkle of the drops that fell from the oars, as they waved so sleepily to and fro, and (the one bright gleam of life in all the slumberous scene) the three eager faces, hungry for news of fairyland, and who would not he say 'nay' to: from whose lips 'Tell us a story, please,' had all the stern immutability of Fate (Hudson 128)!The "three eager faces" Carroll is talking about are the three Liddell girls - Edith, Alice and Ina. Alice! A childish story take,And with a gentle handLay it where Childhood's dreams are twinedIn memory's mystic band,Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowersPlucked an a far off land (Carroll 13)With this poem by the author, the book is started. The boat ride only lasted couple of hours, and he was put on a spot to tell it. A little girl asked a man to tell her a story during an afternoon boat ride. There is no possibility of deeper meaning without a developed character. Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:Thus slowly, one by one,Its quaint events were hammered out - And now the tale is done,And home we steer, a merry crew,Beneath the setting sun.
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