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[...] This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off" (chapter VII). So, we see that this group of characters represent a sort of middle ground between the upper class, since Alice does not quite fit in the middle of the tea party, and the lower classes who do not have any time for this kind of leisure. The lower and working classes are a great part of the characters from the novels. [...]
[...] Their dehumanization is shown by the fact that they are mere cards with human heads, and they are named after the number of their cards: "Five" or "Seven" (chapter X). Moreover, The White Rabbit, always obsessed by the fear of being late, shows the high pace of the working-class life: "the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. [ . ] away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, 'Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting (chapter I). He never rests in the novel. [...]
[...] To conclude, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a novel that alludes to many aspects of the Victorian era's social structure through the characters imagined by Lewis Carroll. Indeed, we find all the traditional social classes that shaped the Victorian society in the 19the century in Britain, such as the monarchy and the upper class (imitating the cultural and moral codes of Queen Victoria's reign), the middle class, and the lower classes. It could even be said that this novel is a satire of this hierarchized society, staging caricatural characters such as the mad Queen of Hearts, who wants to behead anyone who slightly annoys her. [...]
[...] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a children's novel written by Lewis Carroll and published in 1865. In this novel, Alice, a little girl, falls into a rabbit hole and discovers a whole new world, called Wonderland and peopled by strange creatures such as speaking cards or animals. Lewis Carroll is a British writer who lived during the Victorian era, under the monarchy of Queen Victoria. Thus, corresponding social codes can be found in the story: each character embodies a social class of the Victorian England - lower and working, middle and upper classes. [...]
[...] that's not at all a proper way of expressing yourself" (chapter VI). She also tries to teach good manners to the Mad Hatter and to the March Hare, with a very superior attitude and tone: "'You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said with some severity: "it's very rude.'" (chapter VII). Then, all these characters picture an authoritarian and strict upper class, shaped with specific codes and manners, and almost oppressive of the lower classes or the society." The middle class is mainly embodied by the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse in the seventh chapter of the novel, Mad Tea Party". [...]
