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What do you think it would have been like if Alice's older sister or Dinah had accompanied Alice into Wonderland? Do you think the former would have created additional instances of comedy considering how logical the older sister is?

I believe if Dinah had accompanied Alice into Wonderland, she would have tried to help or prevent Alice from getting into as much trouble as Alice did during her adventure. I say this because animals’ senses work very differently than those of people, and they can use them differently, too. It’s like they have a sixth sense about new or unfamiliar people or things, by which I mean they have a unique ability to instantly know when anything or anyone is potentially harmful or dangerous, especially if and when the initial appearances deceive.

Taking this into mind, I think if Dinah had stayed with Alice, she would have been able to immediately sense that Wonderland wasn’t a normal place, that it wasn’t anything like the real world. She would have sensed the characters’ strange personalities and maybe try to discourage Alice from talking to them. I also think Dinah would have even sensed that the food and drink sources weren’t normal, either, and try to discourage Alice from consuming them.

But unfortunately, even the most loyal and friendliest pets can be gravely misunderstood by their friends and owners. This is because animals can’t talk, so they try to communicate with their owners in other ways, even with rough actions like biting and scratching, when they sense something wrong just to get their owners’ attention and divert them away from the problem. And when they show what appears to be misbehavior, their owners often ignore them, brush them off, and misunderstand them that the animals end up getting scolded or pushed away.

So taking these thoughts in mind, I truly believe that if Dinah had gone to Wonderland with Alice, she would have tried her best to help Alice and look out for her to keep her out of trouble. But if she did, I get the feeling that Alice might brush Dinah off and go ahead with doing everything she did in the film, and not realize the repercussions until it was too late.

Thinking back to the actual film, whenever she encounters something new in Wonderland, Alice always does exactly what she wants to do, or is instructed to do, and doesn’t think about the consequences, showing that her curiosity and naïveté frequently gets the best of her. Of course, it’s not entirely her fault simultaneously, either, because Alice travels through Wonderland all on her own without any prior knowledge or experience of this place. I said in this analysis that Alice meets a lot of different characters in Wonderland, but the Cheshire Cat and the doorknob are the only beings who are both kind to her and offer her some helpful advice. (The caterpillar does tell her that two sides of the mushroom will change her height, but he wasn’t a very friendly character.) Other than them, no one else gives her much guidance or explains to her how things work in Wonderland. So Alice ends up having to teach herself things and learn from her experiences, such as when she consciously understands that food and drinks change her height based on the quantity she consumes.

Now as for Alice’s sister, she seems to be, in essence, the complete antithesis of Alice: strict, no-nonsense, realistic, firm, serious, and proper. I get the impression that since she is like this, and is more educated, experienced with logic, and less imaginative than Alice, she probably wouldn’t believe any of the nonsensical things she would be seeing in Wonderland. It would be a classic scenario of “I see it, but I don’t believe it.” She would probably dismiss it as merely a dream (which it was, of course), and try to wake up from it at any given chance whenever something silly would occur.

And yes, I think if she was with Alice and encountered many of the same mishaps, she would have created comical moments because her nature is such a sharp contrast to that of Alice, and the effects that a place like Wonderland would do to an older, more educated person like her could indeed be very humorous.

But at the same time, like what I said about Dinah, if she had accompanied Alice to Wonderland, Alice’s sister would probably try to act as the voice of reason to Alice. She would constantly try to discourage her from trying something new or going further into this world since it’s entirely new and unfamiliar to them, and that the consequences could be disastrous. If that were the case, Alice probably would still go ahead and do what she wanted to do, further proving my point on just how much her curiosity gets the best of her.

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blueparachutedress-deactivated2 asked:

What is your favorite thing about Alice (from Disney's Alice in Wonderland) as a character?

My favorite things about Alice is that she is a very sweet, cute, beautiful, polite, and respectful little girl. I like how she manages to keep this up and maintain her dignity during her time in Wonderland, because she meets a lot of insane characters who are very rude and unpleasant to her.

Alice stands out to me a lot more than most Disney protagonists because she is a young child, and given the time period in which the film takes place, she was clearly expected to behave like a young adult. The Victorian period was a time when children were virtually meant to be seen and not heard, as were women, which probably made it especially difficult for young girls. Alice does generally behave the way she is expected to, but in being a child, she still holds a lot of innocence and curiosity to herself, like most children do.

It’s interesting that Wonderland is the very place she imagined and it initially allowed her to divulge in her large imagination, since she wished for a world of nonsense. But due to her proper etiquette and education, Alice eventually grows annoyed and exasperated by Wonderland’s lacking logic and practicality. So I guess in the end, she appreciates logic more, even though I think there is nothing wrong with her having an imagination.

I can’t help but feel sympathetic for Alice after what she goes through during her adventure since she is by herself and has no one to guide her. I’ve even said before how much she displays a great deal of a child’s vulnerability in being alone and needing to learn things on her own. I especially feel bad for her when she is lost and thinks she will never get out of the woods. At the right moments, Alice always displays the correct behaviors that any child would exhibit.

So I guess there are a lot of reasons why I like Alice, particularly since she is well-behaved and has very good manners.

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When Wishes Come True

The thing I have noticed with the Disney animated feature Alice in Wonderland is that it is one of those “be careful what you wish for” kinds of stories. This is illustrated well because of how Alice changes her views about nonsense and logic throughout the entire film. At the beginning, she expresses boredom during the history lesson given to her by her older sister. Then she details (to Dinah) about how, if she had her very own world, everything in it would be nonsense, which would make it a lot more exciting and interesting than the real world. She sings “In a World of My Own,” in which she names all of the different types of nonsense and silly things that would be in her own world. This song illustrates that Alice has a very creative and vividly large imagination.

So then when she comes to Wonderland, Alice initially seems delighted because it has just what she envisioned and allows her to indulge in her curiosity. However, as time goes on, she realizes just how much nonsense is present in Wonderland, with almost nothing being straightforward, logical, or practical. This gradually makes it less and less appealing to her, since nothing there is familiar to her and her having no previous knowledge of it entirely makes her unsure about what to do or say. Since Alice is all by herself during much of her adventure, no one gives her a lot of guidance about how things work or what to expect when certain things happen. As a result, she has to experiment and teach herself things, such as how much she can change her size based on the amounts of foods and drinks she consumes.

With the different kinds of people and creatures she encounters, Alice tries to remain her kind, gentle self when she innocently asks harmless questions, points out inconsistencies, or attempts to make conversations. But more often than not, she inadvertently ends up offending those beings and/or gets into trouble with them instead. Anything she thinks could be done very simply and quickly with the residents of Wonderland just becomes more and more trying and annoying because of their levels of insanity. This includes when she tries to converse with the Mad Hatter and March Hare, but their madness makes all of her attempts futile, and when she points out to the queen that a verdict has to be made before a sentence, but she makes the queen furious when she mentions “the way” (since “all ways are the queen’s ways”). As a result, these situations make Alice become very frustrated, confused, and exasperated.

By the time she leaves the Hatter and Hare, Alice announces that she is fed up with nonsense entirely and just wants to return to the real world. However, she still gets herself into trouble when she gets lost in the Tulgey Wood, since, again, no one gives her any guidance and she travels through it all by herself. This appears to be the ultimate, final straw of nothing making sense for her because not only does she encounter all sorts of strange, bizarre creatures, but it seems to have no real ending or way out, to the point when she worries she is lost forever and temporarily gives up hope.

So back to what I said at the beginning, the film is one of those “be careful what you wish for” stories because Alice ended up getting what she wanted with her own world of nonsense, but it ultimately turned out to not be what she wanted after all (or at least the majority of it). It ends up being a very ironic situation, since being in Wonderland brought out Alice’s more practical, logical nature. I think by the end, when she finally wakes up from her dream, she understands that logic exists for a reason, and she has learned to appreciate the real world. But at the same time, it doesn’t mean that she still can’t dream or have an imagination. The fact that Alice dreamed up her entire adventure shows how large of an imagination she has, indeed!

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Alice: A Curious, Yet Vulnerable Child

Since I made my first analysis about Alice in which I describe her during the scene when she cries after becoming a giant, I really feel I have more to say about her in that scene and “Very Good Advice,” particularly the latter, on why she cries. One of my best buddies minervadeannabond has agreed with me on the fact that Alice is shown to be vulnerable during her adventure in Wonderland.

For starters, consider the fact that Wonderland is a world full of nonsense (which is, ironically, what Alice wished for at the beginning) with insane people and virtually no rules or laws. Not to mention the strangest, weirdest things can and do happen unexpectedly, without warning or preparation, which would make normal people very frightened and bewildered. When Alice comes to it while following the White Rabbit, no one from her world goes with her. She ends up in a very adult situation because she has no real friend or guardian who accompanies her; she is, quite literally, entirely on her own. Yes, okay, she does meet a lot of different characters in Wonderland, but, like I said, many of them are insane with bad manners, so they aren’t always very nice or helpful to her. Alice doesn’t develop any real friends in Wonderland, especially ones who stay by her side while she is on her adventure. Even though they don’t stay by her side, the Cheshire Cat and the doorknob are about the only beings who are both nice to Alice and give her some helpful advice. Other than them, no one else gives her much guidance or explains to her how things in Wonderland work. As such, Alice has to teach herself things and learn from her experiences, like when she understands that food and drinks change her height, which varies depending on the quantity she consumes, and saves the two mushroom pieces in case she needs them later.

Anyway, referring back to the fact that Alice travels alone in this bizarre world, such a thing for her, a young child, makes her very open to temptation and potentially great danger, and that is what makes her so vulnerable. In fact, while in Wonderland, Alice ironically breaks what is perhaps considered the most important rule for children: never talk to or go anywhere with strangers. When it comes to the scene in which she cries for the first time, I have seen some people on YouTube videos being somewhat critical or misunderstanding on why Alice cries so much. The thing is, a lot of it really has to do with the fact that she is a child, which as my friend has pointed out, is a fact about her that a lot of people can forget. After she becomes a giant and gets stuck in the room, Alice has a breakdown because the situation makes it seem to her that she will never get out. In being a child, it is very easy for her to go into a panic and think that the situation is hopeless, so she starts crying hysterically because it is a natural reaction to her feeling that way. Not to mention that, because Wonderland is full of nonsensical situations with nothing truly normal, Alice had no idea whatsoever that her height would drastically change upon consuming the drink and cookie, so her crying is also a result of her feeling scared and confused.

Now if Alice was older or an adult was in her place, they might be able to stay calm and try to think of a solution without going into hysterics. But that’s what illustrates a big difference between children and adults; children tend to be very innocent and naive, not to mention they have less education, knowledge, and experience than many adults do, and with lower levels of maturity. Due to the innocence and inexperience they have compared to adults, children are very prone to getting upset quickly and easily when a situation looks bleak or hopeless to them. We can see that Alice is an educated, polite, proper, and fairly mature young lady, and has been taught to be so like other girls during the time period in which the film takes place, which is the Victorian era in England. But even with all of these good qualities that she possesses, Alice is still a child; thus she also holds a lot of innocence and curiosity to herself, just like many children do. So it really makes a lot of sense to me that her breaking down into tears when she becomes a giant (again, because she feels frightened, worried, and very bewildered after it just happened) would be the predictable reaction for her, and any other child to do, in that situation.

Of course, Alice does manage to change her size (and a few more times after that) and resumes her journey in following the White Rabbit. Now a key factor that that I see about her during the course of the film is that she lets her curiosity get the best of her. When she chases and tries to follow the rabbit, all the time, Alice goes and keeps going forward, without seeming to think about what she would do if and when she completed her goal of learning why he was late. Ironically enough, one of the only times she actually does consider how curiosity can lead to trouble is when she first crawls into the rabbit hole (and tells this to Dinah), then falls down it. During her pursuit of the rabbit, Alice is never shown to stop and take a moment to think if she actually would be able to get home at all. This is because her extreme curiosity has clouded her judgment and made her decide not to stop until she learns the reason. And again, her curious nature stems from the fact that she is a child. Alice acts like many young children do in being very curious and asking a lot of questions; they want to know everything they can. If they see something that interests them, they are going to follow it and not stop until they find out the reasons and get their questions answered. After visiting the March Hare and Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit appears again, but just like all the other times, he runs off before Alice can catch him and talk to him. Although she still hadn’t learn the reason why he was running late, by this point in the film, she no longer cares and decides to give up. She has just become so annoyed and exasperated with all of the nonsense and people in Wonderland, so she decides to stop pursuing the rabbit entirely and go back home.

But because Wonderland isn’t at all like the normal world, Alice has trouble determining which way she came and how to go back in the same direction. On her way, she comes across the Tulgey Wood, a part of the forest she doesn’t remember seeing. When she goes into it, she encounters some very bizarre animals, who divert her even further into the unknown.The further and deeper she goes into the forest, the more Alice gets lost. Finally, she becomes so distressed, fearing that she has no way out, that she is lost forever and will never return home. She then sings “Very Good Advice,” in which she mentions how she doesn’t always follow her own advice and lets her curiosity get the better of her. This scene is another perfect example that shows Alice’s vulnerability because she is now very lost and all alone in this world, again, where nothing is familiar to her, no one gives her much guidance, and no one she knows is in her company. Whenever curious children finally end their pursuits and decide to return home, it’s only then (because they were so focused on their prior goal that their judgment has been blinded) that they realize they are lost. Getting lost is a big part of the danger (as I mentioned earlier) that comes with young children being on their own, because there are chances that they could be lost for a long time before they are found, or worse, be kidnapped or killed by any stranger that does find them. Not just that, but little children very often feel that getting lost, and being by themselves while lost, is very frightening, so much so to the point that they cry. With all of this psychological knowledge in mind, it helps explain the reason why Alice cries for the second time during this scene.

So I think this information should make Disney fans more understanding of Alice’s situation. She’s not at all a snobby, spoiled brat; on the contrary, she’s actually a very polite, honest, kind, and sweet young girl. She acts like a mature, young adult at times, but remember, at the same time, she’s still a child, and that is shown perfectly during the two scenes in which she cries. Instead of brushing Alice off as whiny and childish, she is a very sympathetic person who deserves to have more sympathy (which I feel for her during these scenes, of course) drawn to herself. :)

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Same Voice, Different Disney Characters

When Walt Disney was alive, many of his animated films (and some released after his death) featured different characters with the same voice actors. Some of these included Eleanor Audley (who voiced Lady Tremaine and Maleficent), Sterling Halloway (whose character voices included Adult Flower, Cheshire Cat, Kaa, and Winnie the Pooh), and Verna Felton (who voiced the Fairy Godmother, the Queen of Hearts, and Flora).

Among my most favorites is Kathryn Beaumont, who was one of the few child voice actors to voice characters who were also children. She is best remembered for voicing two female protagonists: the titular Alice of Alice in Wonderland and Wendy Darling in Peter Pan. Not only did she perform their voices, but she played both characters as a live action reference model for the animators in the two films. Because they share the same voice actress and model, Alice and Wendy also have extremely similar facial features, including blue eyes. Besides that, these two heroines share some other things in common:

Both live in England
Both wear blue clothing (although Alice wears an actual dress, while Wendy wears a nightgown)
Both are preteens (Alice is ten, Wendy is twelve)
Both are very imaginative and adventurous
Both have a pet (Alice has her cat, Dinah, Wendy has her dog, Nana)
Both interact with characters voiced by Heather Angel and Bill Thompson (Angel voices Alice's sister and Wendy's mother, Thompson voices the White Rabbit and Mr. Smee)
Both of them also wake up from what seems like a dream of their respective fantasy worlds, both of which also end in "land" (although it is made very clear that Alice's adventures were just a dream, while it doesn't appear so much that way for Wendy)

Another connection made between the two films is one of the songs. The opening song in Peter Pan, "The Second Star to the Right," actually contains the recycled melody of a deleted song from Alice in Wonderland, known as "Beyond the Laughing Sky."

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Although it has never been one of my all-time favorite Disney films, I do like the Disney cartoon Alice in Wonderland enough, and I'm actually very fond of Alice. I think she is very beautiful and adorable for a ten-year-old girl. :)

Now I know this may sound strange, but I actually think Alice is very cute in the two scenes in which she prominently cries, particularly the first time. I don't really have a reason why, if any of you want to know, but seeing her cry makes me feel sympathy for her and wish I could give her a hug of comfort!

At the same time, which may be part of my reason, Alice stands out to me quite a bit because she is one of the few Disney protagonists to be a child. Not only that, but she travels alone throughout much of her adventure with no parent, guardian, or any real, true companion. You could say she's a very vulnerable character, due to her being a young girl.

During her time in Wonderland, the talking doorknob and Cheshire Cat are the only ones who show her any kindness and sympathy, even though the latter gets her in trouble with the Queen of Hearts later. And even though the queen initially takes a liking to Alice, it isn't long before she gets on the queen's bad side and ends up being framed for a crime against her. The film's climax in which all the characters in Wonderland chase after Alice, again, show her vulnerability due to her being a little girl up against so many characters. It's pretty much considered a relief that Alice's adventures in Wonderland all turn out to be just a dream.

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