ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Northrop Frye, Lewis Carroll
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Lewis carroll: alice"s adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass. Story of motivation, survival, what separates us from the animal. We used to distinguish ourselves from animals by saying we have tools: what are your resources, modes of survival. Pirates: modern day: gangsters, hackers (sometimes doing illegal, sometimes like a robin. Amoral vs. immoral amoral = lacking moral sense entirely vs. immoral = not conforming to standards of morality. Leaving the domesticity, becoming a man (even for women) Biblical stories are most fundamental stories in english world (e. g. cain and abel, the. In another moment down went alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. (pg. Relating it back to adam and eve. Alice in wonderland is a pastoral: associated with shepherds, quiet, meditation. Others have said it"s a eutopia: planned society, take out impurities, make it perfect, some have said it"s eutopia/dystopia.
