Analysis

On the following pages you can find several deeper analyses of the origins of the texts and illustrations, characters, and 'hidden meanings' in the Alice books.

Origins:


Literary elements:
On the following pages you can find texts about of literary elements in the 'Alice' books, which may come in handy when you have to write a school paper or something the like.

The purpose of these pages is not to replace the joy of reading and analysing the books yourself, but they are meant to be a helpful guideline to create your own understanding of the stories.


Interpretive essays:
All kinds of explanations for / interpretations of the books
(Please mind that the following texts were not written by me personally. References to the author and publication details can be found on the page itself.)

General discussion of the 'Alice' books

Discussion of Lewis Carroll, the author, in relation to Alice

What/who influenced Carroll while writing the story

Illustrations

Poetry

Drugs and hallucinations

Politics

Freudian interpratations

Philosophic reasoning

Prejudices and discrimination

Social norms

Social factors

Fantasy and reality

Other subjects