Is it true that???

Question

Is it true that the creator of Alice in wonderland was a guy on drugs?

Ok now i'm confused... did he or not?

The reason I'm asking is because if any of you have read the book or seen the movie it is sort of creepy like the big caterpillar smoking.... or the crazy tea guy oh and by the way what did the number: 10/4 mean on the mad hatter's hat?

Answer 1

lol @ "a guy on drugs" ...

Lewis Carroll was a man of many interests. Children was one (some times not appropriately so) and also morphine.

Answer 2

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.

There has been much speculation that Dodgson used psychoactive drugs, however there is no direct evidence that he ever did. It is true that the most common painkiller of the time – laudanum – was in fact a tincture of opium and could produce a "high" if used in a large enough dose. Most historians would admit Dodgson probably used it from time to time, since it was the standard domestic painkiller of its day and was to be found in numerous patent medicines of the time, but there is no evidence he ever abused it or that its effects had any impact on his work. There is no factual evidence to support a suggestion that he smoked cannabis. However, many people regard Alice's hallucinations in the Wonderland, when surrounded by teas, mushrooms and smoking insects, as references to psychedelic substances. This suggestion of psychedelic drug use made him extremely popular to the counterculture of the 1960s and was a positive way of showing the mainstream that one of their most famous and highly regarded writers also used these forbidden substances. Grace Slick wrote a song, White Rabbit, recorded with both The Great Society and Jefferson Airplane, which depicted Carroll's Alice in Wonderland as a psychedelic drug trip.

Answer 3

In the time period of the writing of Alice, Opiates were not illegal and used by many for any ache or pain as well as some creative endeavors. If the ladies of the era had enough money, laudanum (an opiate) was a regular part of their toiletry. There can be no proof of any single person taking opium only rumors.

Actually, Alice in Wonderland is a political statement.

Answer 4

If you'd ever read the book, you wouldn't even wonder...

The only other book I've seen that's so obviously detailing a drug trip is "James and the Giant Peach"!

I mean, come on, it started out with an old man giving a young boy a bag of pills and saying "Don't worry, things will get a lot better if you eat this"!

Answer 5

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carrol) was a mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, photographer and author during the 19th century. During the 1960's alot of people related to some of his imagery while they were high and assumed that he must of used drugs. However it is highly unlikely that he did and there are no reports or accounts of him having done so during his lifetime.

Answer 6

Many great artists, writers and musicians have used drugs. As well as people from every other walk of life. And he wasn't 'a guy on drugs.' He was simply a writer. Remember, that it is only in our recent history that prescription drugs have been used to treat things like depression. For centuries, people have been using morphine and cocaine to treat mental disorders.

Answer 7

I don't think that is true.

By the way....Elton John sang 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds' which was actually a reference to LSD. Next time you hear that song think of this reference.

Answer 8

Yes he was actually a male rumored to be homosexual who did drugs. Thats why it was femmy and "out there"

Answer 9

"There has been much speculation that Dodgson used psychoactive drugs, however there is no direct evidence that he ever did"

Check out the link below for his history :)

Answer 10

Well, yes....at the time, everyone seemed to be experimenting with drugs...