7 November 2008 Class Notes

• One of the best film versions of Alice In Wonderland is "Alice Through The Looking Glass" starring Kate Beckingsale.
• On Monday - - Bring in question for the test on Wednesday!
• Possible themes to write about --> history, myth, dreams, art, coincidence, three goddesses...
• Tweedledee & Tweedledum were telling Alice that she isn't real, her tears aren't even real. If the Red King were to wake, then she would dissapear!
• Last play that Shakespeare wrote was The Tempest.
• Breaking the spell...
• Talked about insights of Alice, which is your favorite chapter...
• Alice --> everything is so CURIOUS
• The white knight --> Carrol himself?
• Trust the tale and not the teller.
• Talked about the seven stages of man...infant, boy going to school, grows up, mechant, soldier, old man, losing everything...
• When a child sees a tree, he sees a tree. When an adult see a tree, he sees everything but the tree. When a wiseman sees a tree, he sees a tree.