The hidden meanings of Alice in Wonderland

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[leighfoulkes]

My take from the books was that it was saying that kids are far more rational than adults are and adults live in obscene absurdities.

[irishamerican]

The moral is you must overcome your fears if you want to live. Free that is.

[davidjuson]

To understand the Alice books one just has to spend an academic year in Oxford. Back in the mid-1990s it took me four or five weeks to suspect I was living in Carol's head and a few hours re-reading Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass to confirm it. The Mad Hatter's tea party was unwittingly enacted on most evenings in the Oxford Union bar and ... so on. Charming place, but weird, very weird.

[Hy-Brasil]

it's time for everyone to reread this classic treasure. there are valuable life lessons to be learned - not to mention some humor that we could all appreciate.

forget the movies and retellings, reimaginings and analyzations.
just get a copy of both stories (get the audio if you're that lazy) just read it.
read it with your kids.
hell, read it to your cat and dog. they're sure to appreciate it too.

[katherineg]

I tried to read "Alice" when I was 10 but it didn't make much sense and was actually kind of frightening. My Dad got me a copy of THE ANNOTATED ALICE by Martin Gardener. It explains the references in the book; 19th Century England is much different from modern America. That book opened the world of Alice to me, and it will to you too. I'm a huge Alice fan now and have memorized much of the poetry.

[amaliaantonopoulou]

very good explanation. Since I read that book when I was young I was impressed by the secret meanings mostly of science and the distorted space and time. Now that I have delved into the theory of relativity, I'm more astonished at how Caroll conceived this idea. There is also a scene in the book, where Alice meets the mad Hatter at the tea party. I think the rabbit offers her some tea placing it in a cup that has No bottom and the tea is lost to an unknown place after the liquid has passed through this hole that the cap has (instead of a bottom) that seems to me like a black hole. If you can identify the hidden meaning the story becomes more astonishing for the adults. Also, the twin couple reminds me of the twin paradox in special and general relativity.

[TheAlex]

The long life of Alice’s story is due to her adventures and the characters she encountered being exact representations of daily life. The world is both nuts and nothing but a deck of cards in the end. When we awaken, we get it. May we all gyre and gimbel in the wabe !

[Transterra]

Kafka’s novels were similar to Lewis Carroll’s novels not the other way around… Alice in Wonderland predates the Metamorphosis by 50 years .

[thomasmcmullen]

Grin like a cheshire cat is the grin of someone that knows the secret of life and knows that most is so far cold that 9:53 they will never know true peace and or true love. All you can do is smile !😂

[LairdKenneth]

I have seen the Cheshire Cat, and you can too, if you keep a careful out for him. I have to confess it has only been in winter. But there was that big Cheshire grin there in a tree. Maybe it was the lack of leaves that helped, but winter is fast approaching and I hope to see him again, soon.

[pablomagister]

Very captivating explanation, so different from the Spanish literature, I would say Spanish literature generally speaking has a nore critical approach. Thanks artforintrovert 🙏

[cinemaipswich]

When you look at Peter Pan, you will realise he is a wicked boy to steals people's dreams. All for the daring-do of adventure against Captain Hook. But when you read what Hook says, you will realise he just wants to stop it and for Peter to pay for his works.

[elliottgussow]

In the picture of the queen holding a baby, that is not the queen. It's the duchess.

[jeremyashford]

“...similar to Franz Kafka’s novel...” is a contrariwise perspective to adopt as Carroll died while Kafka was still a teenager.

[lisaheimbigner]

Absolutely fantastic story & reader' voice is clear, articulate and warm same time, easy on ear, i listen to ever worx😊very interesting 🤔 & thought stirring, more people need to find this 👍

[mudball]

I have been told that the Cheshire Cat comes from the flag for the county of Cheshire. This has a leopard with disproportionately long jaws, hence the long smile in the book.

[garywheeler]

I saw an article years ago that argued that part of Carrol's story has to do with the developing area of math involving such things as irrational numbers. And Carrol was a more traditional mathematician.

[judewarner]

As a lifetime reader of all things scientific and an avid reader of Fantasy and SF from the age of nine, I am unconvinced by the supposed future science parallels in this video.

Most of the characters and their personalities are firmly grounded in historical and Carrol's contemporary knowledge. I could be wrong, but I don't recall a bottomless tea up, for example.

[LarryParamedic]

I just happen to see your video on a random popup, it was wonderful and I throughly enjoyed it.
Thank You Very Much..

[veramae]

The children and Dodgson wrote in letters and diaries it had been a perfect day. Sunny, warm, a little breeze, smooth water as he rowed them around a pond.
Someone finally checked the weather records. In fact, it had been a typical English day, partly overcast, chilly, an invasive breeze, and choppy water on the pond.

Such is the power of enchantment.
I'm a retired librarian and heard this from a man who'd seen the manuscript and talked to people. Sorry, I can't name the source. Just the story remains.