alice in wonderland?

Question

does anyone know what the character mean in alice in wonderland, like does each character mean a drug?????

Answer 1

This is a question we will never have an answer to
there are good arguments for both side that say it was or wasn't a drug movie.

Mushrooms,Hookah,drink me,eat,me become smaller,bigger
and I have heard the rabbit hole described as a staircase
at a college to the representation of the descent into madness.
I feel the movie is what you want it to be If you practice
and partake drugs mushrooms and Hookahs take on a different meaning.

Personally I think it has grown into a drug culture movie over time....But then again back when this book was written
people who did drugs were quiet about it and an open drug use book would never sell and certainly never become a Disney movie.
So the authors true meanings may be only known by him.
Take away from it what you want...I think he experimented with drugs .

Answer 2

As the author of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Lookig Glass" was Lewis Carroll and he was a Clergyman in mid -1800's Britain I doubt seriously that drugs were what he had in mind. I think he was trying to paint an extrordinary background to the childrens tales.

Answer 3

**rolls eyes** Take a look at the site I have listed below and read my comment.

No...Alice in Wonderland was NOT based on drugs. Many of the drug refences we see today were not intended to suggest his use, but rather "poke fun" at certain eras in time.
"There is indeed one part in the book that may describe the use of drugs: the hookah smoking Caterpillar who advises Alice to eat from the mushroom. But with the story Carroll made fun of all aspects of society, and it may be possible that he was just reflecting the age with this part (note that this chapter wasn't even part of the original story, but was added later!). In the Victorian era there were no drug laws like we know them. Opium, cocaine, and laudanum (a painkiller that contained opium) were used for medicinal purposes, and could be obtained from a pharmacist. Mind that LSD was not even invented yet!"

There is no proof that Lewis Carroll (the author) ever did drugs, although a form of Opium was a commonly used painkiller. Nothing in his diaries even hinted towards his use of drugs.
"It was definitely not Carroll's intention to write a book about drugs: he wanted to entertain a little girl whom he loved. No evidence has ever been found that linked Carroll to drug use."

Furthermore, WE see drug refernces in the original book and movie because that is what OUR society today is based on. Drugs are what are on our mind TODAY. Therefore, even something as innocent as a story made for a little girl named Alice in 1865 gets distorted by the people of today into something that "must" have been based on drugs.
*sigh* Pathetic.

Answer 4

lmao
No. While Lewis Carrol may have indulged in some mind altering drugs, the story was something he made up for a young friend (Alice). He repeatedly stated that there was no allegory in his stories. They were just interesting little characters however trippy the story was.

Answer 5

Actually the whole story is about Oxford University and a professor there. The actual story write went by the pen name Lewis Carrol, I believe. His real name I dont recall but he was a student at Oxford. The rabbit hole was an actual staircase leaving the dining haul down and outside into a garden. This happened to be on the travel channel; today around noontime.

I wished I had remembered more but I was kinda dozing at the time.

Answer 6

Why are you so obsessed with this idea?
No, every character, does not 'represent a drug".
We have logically tried to break this down for you and you desperately cling to this notion.
There is a germ of truth to what you are asking but your question is over-siplified and grossly general.
Are these words to big for you?