Nature seems superior to nurture in Wonderland: the personification of beasts seems to be no improvement on the actual beasts themselves

Alice's initial reaction after falling down the rabbit-hole is one of extreme loneliness

Nature and natural feelings seem to more often than not mean danger or potential violence

A particular view of Nature: all the animals have obviously been educated

Physically, she is lost; psychologicall y, she also feels lost

Much of the "nonsense" in Alice has to do with transpositions

Carroll uses puns and plays on multiple meanings of words

of mathe matical scale

in the scrambled verse parodies

He invents words and expressions

nonsense effect is achieved by directing conversation to parts of speech rather than to the meaning of the speakers

Carrolls manipulation of language reflects the sense of unlimited possibility

It may symbolize the Garden of Eden

Caterpillar as a sexual threat its phallic shape a symbol of sexual virility

it may simply represent the experience of desire

The two symbolic meanings work together to underscore Alices desire to hold onto her feelings of childlike innocence

the mushroom as a psychedelic hallucinogen that compounds Alices surreal and distorted perception of Wonderland

In Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Alice encounters a series of puzzles that seem to have no clear solutions, which imitates the ways that life frustrates expectations

Alice continually finds herself in situations in which she risks death Alice takes risks that could possibly kill her, but she never considers death as a possible outcome

Even though Lewis Carroll was a logician, in Alices Adventures in Wonderland he makes a farce out of jokes, riddles, and games of logic

Death is also symbolized by the White Rabbit's death and it is implied in the discussion of the Caterpillar's metamorphosis

The laws of Wonderland seem a parody of real justice

Time, in the sense of duration, exists in Wonderland only in a psychological and artistic sense

In Wonderland the monarch's will is flaunted when the command is to execute someone When Alice looks at the Mad Hatter's watch, she sees a date, but she sees neither hours nor minutes

By her rebellion, Alice serve the cause of justice

Alice thinks she has been changed into a different person so she tries to figure out whom she is
Alice is pretty sure that she is someone else because she can't remember the things that she used to know and she changes in size

Everyone in Wonderland is mad, she too must be mad, or else she would never have come to Wonderland

Again and again throughout the book, Alice repeats the lessons she's learned in school

Alice often becomes frustrated by her encounters with the creatures of Wonderland because many of them tend to contradict her

For Alice, her knowledge is something which can prove or not she is the same little girl that she used to be

Throughout the course of Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Alice goes through a variety of absurd physical changes.

Alices Adventures in Wonderland takes place in Alices dream, so characters and phenomena of the real world mix with elements of Alices unconscious state

The discomfort she feels at never being the right size represents the changes that occur during puberty

Through the character of Alice Carroll expresses is view: child's perception of the world is the only sane one but, to grow and mature children are led to inevitable corruption, to sexuality, emotionalism, and adult hypocrisy

In Wonderland none of the animals are of a hostile nature that might lead Alice to any harm

The child viewed as an innocent, has obvious satirical utility

Although they may not seem so in behavior, most of Wonderland animals are pets

Alice's adventure is a symbol of the journey from childhood to adulthood

Games are a constant part of life in Wonderland

from the Caucus race to the strange croquet match to the fact that the royal court is a living deck of cards