Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandDown the rabbit-hole
Identity and language
Names, sizes, and grammatical rules refuse to keep the self stable.
3 characters1 books
Lives shaped by identity and language
Literary protagonist
Alice
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandA curious child trying to preserve a sense of logic and self in a world of arbitrary rules.
Literary character
The Cheshire Cat
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAn amused guide who treats Wonderland’s madness as a condition rather than an exception.
Literary character
The Queen of Hearts
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandA theatrical ruler who substitutes threat and volume for coherent authority.