![]() ![]() Carroll incorporates many mirror themes, including opposites and time running backwards, into the plot.Īlice is playing with her kittens-a black kitten named Kitty and a white kitten named Snowdrop, the offspring of Dinah, Alice's pet cat in the first book-when she begins to wonder what the world is like on the other side of a mirror (the reflected scene displayed on its surface). It is almost a mirror image of Alice in Wonderland in terms of setting and imagery the first book begins outdoors in the warm month of May, uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. Carroll wrote Through the Looking Glass as the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll, or Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, with illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. ![]()
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