... The most memorable scene of violence took place when Alice came upon the Duchess's kitchen, where she found the cook chucking fire irons, saucepans and plates at the Duchess and her newborn child all the while, the Duchess orders the pan-flinging cook to decapitate Alice. Also, the Duchess sings a deadly lullaby in which the lyrics suggested punishment for sneezing and tosses ... to look good in front of his superiors. Another character is the Duchess. In the book she is described as being very ugly with a sharp chin. In Martin Gardener's footnotes to the annotated edition of Alice, he...

• Word Count: 1865
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... allows a reader to come of agreeing, "she [the queen] is an alarming creation, ugly, sadistic, aggressive, and ridiculously moralistic" (Howes 120). The third and final theme to the novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, are the phallic symbols that are ever so visually portrayed. This is due to the fact that as Carroll revolted against the government via his novel he didn't wish to ... become queen" are not entirely as poetic as who would hope and are instead expressions of sexual frustration (Bloom 66). Many critics believe that the "Duchess's walking close to Alice and poking her c...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate