A Mad Tea Party Summary

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When reading “A Mad Tea Party”, readers can not just read the works Lewis Carroll and understand it fully without diving deep into the reasons why he uses not only the choice of words, but how they are used in a way that causes illogicality and chaos. From exaggeration to literality, Carroll manages to add an interesting aspect of entertainment to the audience. Here are some examples from the chapter and how they liven up the story. In the very beginning of the story, Alice walks into the room and takes a seat at the end of the table after being told that there was no room at the table. The March Hare replies, ”Have some wine,” the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. “I don 't see any wine,” she remarked. ”There isn 't any,” said the March Hare.”Then it wasn 't very civil of you to offer it,” said Alice angrily. ”It wasn 't very civil of you to sit down without being invited,” said the March Hare. In this wild entrance Carroll creates an entertaining start to the story making the audience want more. In this example, there is a sassy vibe that the March Rabbit gives when he replies to Alice. Moving on from the sick burn delivered by the March Rabbit, The Hatter askes Alice a riddle. “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” Alice replies saying that she can find the answer to the riddle. The March Hare replies, ”Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?” “Exactly so,” said Alice.

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