Alice in Wonderland
(Poetry in Motion)
Study Guide
A Ballet Presented by State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara
Sponsored by the Valley Performing Arts Council
Janet M. Kelly
[email protected]
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Table of Contents
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Letter to Educators
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Biographical Information about Lewis Carroll
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The “Real” Alice in Wonderland, Alice Liddel
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Summary of the story “Alice in Wonderland”
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State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara Ballet Information
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“Jabberwocky” Poem and Activities
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Characters in Alice in Wonderland
Critical thinking about the symbolism of the characters
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Poetry in Motion
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“White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane, Woodstock, 1969
A critical thinking exercise for older students
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Bibliography
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Dear Educators,
State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s version of Alice in Wonderland is one of the most
student friendly ballets I’ve witnessed. It is appropriate for very young students who will
take the story literally. It is also appropriate for older students who may want to delve
into the historical context, innuendo, and figurative nature of Alice in Wonderland.
The costumes and choreography tell a wordless story so well that students who have
never seen ballet will comprehend what the dancers are trying to convey. I’ve titled this
Study Guide as “Poetry in Motion” because I found that movement can tell a story, or
help interpret a poem, so the meaning of the writing is understandable for even the
youngest student.
This study guide has background information, and a variety of points-of-view that can
appeal to young students as well as adults. Please use you discretion to select what is
appropriate for your grade level. Common Core emphasizes critical thinking, and I have
tried to imbed information that would lend itself to deep discussions for older students,
and more literal interpretations for younger students.
For all students, it is important to understand that ballet tells a story through movement
and exaggeration of expression. There are no words. Even the music is relatively
nondescript. But the choreography, and dancers’ skills, tell the story in a way words
can’t.
Valley Performing Arts Council hopes your students find joy in viewing Alice in
Wonderland. If there is any way I can be of assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact
me.
Janet Kelly
Valley Performing Arts Council
[email protected]
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Lewis
Carroll
Author of
Alice in
Wonderland
Synopsis
Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, Charles Dodgson wrote and created
games as a child. At age 20 he received a studentship at Christ Church and was appointed a
lecturer in mathematics. Dodgson was shy but enjoyed creating stories for children. His books
including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" were published under the pen name Lewis
Carroll. Dodgson died in 1898.
Early Life
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, was born in the
village of Daresbury, England, on January 27, 1832. The eldest boy in a family of 11 children,
Carroll was rather adept at entertaining himself and his siblings. His father, a clergyman, raised
them in the rectory. As a boy, Carroll excelled in mathematics and won many academic prizes.
At age 20, he was awarded a studentship (called a scholarship in other colleges) to Christ
College. Apart from serving as a lecturer in mathematics, he was an avid photographer and wrote
essays, political pamphlets and poetry. "The Hunting of the Snark" displays his wonderful ability
in the genre of literary nonsense.
Alice and Literary Success
Carroll suffered from a bad stammer, but he found himself vocally fluent when speaking with
children. The relationships he had with young people in his adult years are of great interest, as
they undoubtedly inspired his best-known writings and have been a point of disturbed
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speculation over the years. Carroll loved to entertain children, and it was Alice, the daughter of
Henry George Liddell, who can be credited with his pinnacle inspiration. Alice Liddell
remembers spending many hours with Carroll, sitting on his couch while he told fantastic tales of
dream worlds. During an afternoon picnic with Alice and her two sisters, Carroll told the first
iteration of what would later become Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice arrived
home, she exclaimed that he must write the story down for her.
He fulfilled the small girl's request, and through a series of coincidences, the story fell into the
hands of the novelist Henry Kingsley, who urged Carroll to publish it. The book Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland was released in 1865. It gained steady popularity, and as a result,
Carroll wrote the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871). By
the time of his death, Alice had become the most popular children's book in England, and by
1932 it was one of the most popular in the world.
Photography and Legacy
Besides writing, Carroll created a number of fine photographs. His notable portraits include
those of the actress Ellen Terry and the poet Alfred Tennyson. He also photographed children in
every possible costume and situation, eventually making nude studies of them. Despite
conjecture, little real evidence of child abuse can be brought against him. Shortly before his 66th
birthday, Lewis Carroll caught a severe case of influenza, which led to pneumonia. He died on
January 14, 1898, leaving an enigma behind him.
Poetry
In addition to the plays that Carroll wrote and the scripts that he composed for his puppet theater,
he also wrote poems, stories, and humorous sketches for his own "magazines." In his "Useful and
Instructive Poetry" magazine, for example, a volume that was composed for a younger brother
and a sister, he satirized a copybook of stern, dogmatic maxims (a typical Victorian children's
book), and in this poem, he alluded to his own handicap:
Learn well your grammar
And never stammer.
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Eat bread with butter;
Once more, don't stutter.
Other poems in the volume focus on the theme of fairy tales, an interest which played a large
part in the creation of Alice. An early poem of Carroll's, for instance, "My Fairy," suggests the
contrariness of the creatures that Alice will meet in Wonderland:
I have a fairy by my side
Which cried; it said, "You must not weep.
"If, full of mirth, I smile and grin,
It says, "You must not laugh."
When once I wished to drink some gin,
It said, "You must not quaff."
Similarly, in another early poem, "A Tale of a Tail," there is a drawing of a dog's very long tail,
suggestive of the very slender, increasingly smaller mouse's tail in Alice, which coils across a
single page in a sort of S-shape. Also, an early poem about someone falling off a wall anticipates
Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking Glass, and a "Morals" essay reminds one of the
ridiculous conversations between the ugly Duchess and the evil Queen in Alice. It is difficult to
ignore the writings of Carroll as a child in any analysis of his works, for in his childhood
productions, we find conclusive evidence of early imitations, hints, allusions, suggestions, and
actual elements of imaginary creatures, dreams, and visions that will appear in his later works.
Have a group of
four to six students
create a caterpillar
with their bodies
and try to walk as
one. Is it easy?
What would
happen if the
whole class
became one
caterpillar?
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The
Caterpillar (L),
and Alice and
the Cheshire
Cat (Above).
The “Real Alice” that inspired Alice in Wonderland
The real “Alice” Alice Lidell (L) in a photograph taken
by Lewis Carroll. Alice with her sisters in the above
photograph
On July 4, 1862, a young mathematician by the name of Charles Dodgson, better-known as
Lewis Carroll, boarded a boat with a small group, setting out from Oxford to the nearby town of
Godstow, where the group was to have tea on the river bank. The party consisted of Carroll, his
friend Reverend Robinson Duckworth, and the three little sisters of Carroll's good friend Harry
Liddell—Edith (age 8), Alice (age 10), and Lorina (age 13). Entrusted with entertaining the
young ladies, Dodgson fancied a story about a whimsical world full of fantastical characters, and
named his protagonist Alice. So taken was Alice Liddell with the story that she asked Dodgson
to write it down for her, which he did when he soon sent her a manuscript under the title of
Alice's Adventures Under Ground. This manuscript would become the well-loved story, Alice in
Wonderland.
A long procession of charming little girls
skipped through Carroll’s life, but none
ever took the place of Alice Liddel. He
wrote to her after her marriage, “I have had
scores of child-friends since your time, but
they have been quite a different thing.
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a
photographer, and took several charming
photographs of Alice.
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Summary of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Alice sits on a riverbank on a warm summer day, drowsily reading over her sister’s shoulder,
when she catches sight of a White Rabbit in a waistcoat running by her. The White Rabbit pulls
out a pocket watch, exclaims that he is late, and pops down a rabbit hole. Alice follows the
White Rabbit down the hole and comes upon a great hallway lined with doors. She finds a small
door that she opens using a key she discovers on a nearby table. Through the door, she sees a
beautiful garden, and Alice begins to cry when she realizes she cannot fit through the door. She
finds a bottle marked “DRINK ME” and downs the contents. She shrinks down to the right size
to enter the door but cannot enter since she has left the key on the tabletop above her head. Alice
discovers a cake marked “EAT ME” which causes her to grow to an inordinately large height.
Still unable to enter the garden, Alice begins to cry again, and her giant tears form a pool at her
feet. As she cries, Alice shrinks and falls into the pool of tears. The pool of tears becomes a sea,
and as she treads water she meets a Mouse. The Mouse accompanies Alice to shore, where a
number of animals stand gathered on a bank. After a “Caucus Race,” Alice scares the animals
away with tales of her cat, Dinah, and finds herself alone again.
Alice meets the White Rabbit again, who mistakes her for a servant and sends her off to fetch his
things. While in the White Rabbit’s house, Alice drinks an unmarked bottle of liquid and grows
to the size of the room. The White Rabbit returns to his house, fuming at the now-giant Alice,
but she swats him and his servants away with her giant hand. The animals outside try to get her
out of the house by throwing rocks at her, which inexplicably transform into cakes when they
land in the house. Alice eats one of the cakes, which causes her to shrink to a small size. She
wanders off into the forest, where she meets a Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom and smoking a
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hookah (i.e., a water pipe). The Caterpillar and Alice get into an argument, but before the
Caterpillar crawls away in disgust, he tells Alice that different parts of the mushroom will make
her grow or shrink. Alice tastes a part of the mushroom, and her neck stretches above the trees. A
pigeon sees her and attacks, deeming her a serpent hungry for pigeon eggs.
Alice eats another part of the mushroom and shrinks down to a normal height. She wanders until
she comes across the house of the Duchess. She enters and finds the Duchess, who is nursing a
squealing baby, as well as a grinning Cheshire Cat, and a Cook who tosses massive amounts of
pepper into a cauldron of soup. The Duchess behaves rudely to Alice and then departs to prepare
for a croquet game with the Queen. As she leaves, the Duchess hands Alice the baby, which
Alice discovers is a pig. Alice lets the pig go and reenters the forest, where she meets the
Cheshire Cat again. The Cheshire Cat explains to Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad,
including Alice herself. The Cheshire Cat gives directions to the March Hare’s house and fades
away to nothing but a floating grin.
Alice travels to the March Hare’s house to find the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the
Dormouse having tea together. Treated rudely by all three, Alice stands by the tea party,
uninvited. She learns that they have wronged Time and are trapped in perpetual tea-time. After a
final discourtesy, Alice leaves and journeys through the forest. She finds a tree with a door in its
side, and travels through it to find herself back in the great hall. She takes the key and uses the
mushroom to shrink down and enter the garden.
After saving several gardeners from the temper of the Queen of Hearts, Alice joins the Queen in
a strange game of croquet. The croquet ground is hilly, the mallets and balls are live flamingos
and hedgehogs, and the Queen tears about, frantically calling for the other player’s executions.
Amidst this madness, Alice bumps into the Cheshire Cat again, who asks her how she is doing.
The King of Hearts interrupts their conversation and attempts to bully the Cheshire Cat, who
impudently dismisses the King. The King takes offense and arranges for the Cheshire Cat’s
execution, but since the Cheshire Cat is now only a head floating in midair, no one can agree on
how to behead it.
The Duchess approaches Alice and attempts to befriend her, but the Duchess makes Alice feel
uneasy. The Queen of Hearts chases the Duchess off and tells Alice that she must visit the Mock
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Turtle to hear his story. The Queen of Hearts sends Alice with the Gryphon as her escort to meet
the Mock Turtle. Alice shares her strange experiences with the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon,
who listen sympathetically and comment on the strangeness of her adventures. After listening to
the Mock Turtle’s story, they hear an announcement that a trial is about to begin, and the
Gryphon brings Alice back to the croquet ground.
The Knave of Hearts stands trial for stealing the Queen’s tarts. The King of Hearts leads the
proceedings, and various witnesses approach the stand to give evidence. The Mad Hatter and the
Cook both give their testimony, but none of it makes any sense. The White Rabbit, acting as a
herald, calls Alice to the witness stand. The King goes nowhere with his line of questioning, but
takes encouragement when the White Rabbit provides new evidence in the form of a letter
written by the Knave. The letter turns out to be a poem, which the King interprets as an
admission of guilt on the part of the Knave. Alice believes the note to be nonsense and protests
the King’s interpretation. The Queen becomes furious with Alice and orders her beheading, but
Alice grows to a huge size and knocks over the Queen’s army of playing cards.
All of a sudden, Alice finds herself awake on her sister’s lap, back at the riverbank. She tells her
sister about her dream and goes inside for tea as her sister ponders Alice’s adventures.
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Alice in Wonderland Ballet
by State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara
Choreography by Robert Sund
Music by Jean Sibelius
Costumes by Mary Etta Lang
Set Design by Daniel Nyiri
A community favorite when it premiered at the Lobero in 2001, Alice in Wonderland combines
the beauty of classical ballet with the sassiness of a Broadway show to tell the uniquely
whimsical tale of Lewis Carroll’s heroine. This original production toured successfully to soldout audiences throughout China and Taiwan in 2003, and has become a signature example of
State Street Ballet’s innovative style – elegance with a twist! It seems only fitting that the
journeys of young Alice return to the stage for our 20th Anniversary Season, as we celebrate our
own sense of adventure, curiosity, and artistic growth.
Emmy Award-winning choreographer Robert Sund has had a long and versatile relationship
with State Street Ballet, creating his original full-length productions of Beauty and the Beast,
Alice in Wonderland, and Taming of the Shrew on the artists of the company. As the child of deaf
parents, Mr. Sund’s ability to express emotion through movement is extraordinary, as are his
diverse and imaginative musical choices. His story line for Alice in Wonderland combines
elements from author Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking
Glass, producing a wildly creative and fantastically entertaining performance that appeals to all
ages.
The numerous creatures and characters in Alice in Wonderland provide the perfect opportunities
to dazzle the imagination. Adults will take a trip down memory lane and children will gasp with
delight at the vividly theatrical costumes and stunningly realistic masks. With an extensive
background in theater and film, Costume Designer Mary Etta Lang successfully blurs the line
between reality and fantasy with her dreamy, enchanting, and fanciful designs. Alice in
Wonderland is the ideal visual treat for the whole family.
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All of the dancers in Alice in
Wonderland tell the story through
movement. Have students watch to see
if they can figure out the feelings of the
characters, and the story’s plot, through
the dancers’ movements.
Alice in Wonderland offers an excellent
example of translating poetry and prose
into movement. This idea can be
translated into acting out poems in the
classroom.
If students can act out a story or poem,
they truly understand it.
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Before taking students to the ballet, show
the Disney version of Alice in
Wonderland to give students a point of
reference for the characters.
Discuss the characters the students will
see. How would they act like a Cheshire
Cat or a March Hare? Have students
create their own creative movements and
then explain why they selected to move
that way.
Bring a croquet set to school to
demonstrate how croquet is played. Then
make a creative movement activity with
some children being the wickets, the
balls, the mallets, etc. Can kids play a
human game of croquet? It would be fun
to get some lawn flamingos to use as
mallets.
If the children are mature enough, help
them research why the Mad Hatter is
called a mad hatter, or why the names
Tweedledum and Tweedledee are so
appropriate.
Jabberwocky
By Lewis Carroll
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
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The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
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The frumious Bandersnatch!”
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He took his vorpal sword in hand;
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Long time the manxome foe he sought—
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So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.
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And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
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Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
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Have the students read a stanza of The
Jabberwocky and create movement to
go with the words. Second stanza could
be good for younger students.
Make cloze activity out of The
Jabberwocky poem
Have older students determine whether
the nonsense words are nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs.
Have students replace the nonsense
words with actual words.
For younger students, have them use
the first two stanzas and do a group
write poem. Then do creative
movement to the poem. (examples on
next page)
For older students, do some analysis of
the beheading of the Jabberwocky, the
Red Queen’s obsession with
beheadings, and the European history
of beheadings.
Older students might research “St.
George and the Dragon” from English
History/Mythology. Remember, Lewis
Carroll was British.
One, two! One, two! And through and through
’Twas __________, and the
___________
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
__________
Did ________ and _________
He left it dead, and with its head
in the _____________:
He went galumphing back.
All ____________ were the
_________________,
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
And the ______________
___________ ______________.
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
’Twas summer, and the blazing
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
sun
He chortled in his joy.
Did shine and glare in the sky:
All roasting were the children,
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
And the kids
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
jumped into the
pool.
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Source: The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983)
’Twas July 4, 1776, and the Reluctant
Almost any topic or circumstance can
be used in the cloze… and then acted
out, putting the poetry in motion.
’Twas Friday Night, and the Football
Delegates
Team
Did argue and debate in the Second
Did Rush and Tackle in the Field:
Continental Congress:
All Screaming were the Spectators,
All compromised were the critical issues,
And the Cheerleaders
And the Declaration of Independence
was
Notice.
finally signed.
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Didn’t
Characters from the Alice in Wonderland Ballet
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Who is Lewis Carroll?
o His real name was Charles Dodgson
o He was a photographer, as well as an author
o He was wildly creative, and used plays-on-words in his writing and poetry
o You have to read his writing carefully to see all the puns and historical references.
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Do you see Lewis Carroll appear at other times in the ballet?
o How do you know it is Lewis Carroll?
o What characters does he portray?
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What is a Mad Hatter?
o Hat makers (hatters) used mercury to cure the beaver pelts they made hats from.
o The mercury caused brain damage, which drove the hat makers “mad” or insane.
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What is a March Hare?
o Hares (rabbits) have their mating season in March.
o During March, the male hares jump about wildly, fight each other, etc.
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What are Tweedledums and Tweedledees?
o Two people who so closely resemble one another that they are indistinguishable.
o A pair of something
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What is a Hookah?
o A water pipe used for smoking
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What is a Cheshire Cat?
o “Grinning like a Cheshire Cat” is an expression that means smiling with a broad
grin.
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What is a Mock Turtle?
o The Turtle is a visual pun on mock turtle soup, an imitation of green turtle soup
made from the head, hooves and tail of a calf.
o The Mock Turtle is a very melancholy character that pines pathetically for the
days when it was once a real turtle.
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What is an executioner? (This should be handled delicately with younger students)
o Someone who carries out an order of execution
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o In the ballet, executions were carried out by beheading
o In reality, beheading was for persons of a higher social class. Those of a lower
social class were executed by hanging.
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Is there a reason the Queen of Hearts keeps saying “off with her/his head”?
o There is historical evidence that The Queen of Hearts represents Queen Victoria
o Lewis Carroll was not fond of Queen Victoria
o There was a tendency during this time to sentence the prisoner before a verdict
was rendered.
o Some of the more sophisticated history can be found at
http://www.carleton.edu/departments/ENGL/Alice/CritVict.html
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Deck of Cards
o All dancers are dressed identically, with the exception of the card they represent
o Why?
o What do you know about playing cards?
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Game of Croquet
o What is croquet
o Why was it being played in the queens court
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Alice
o In your opinion, was she a well behaved or naughty child?
o Support your opinion with evidence.
o Why did she drink from the bottle without knowing what was in it?
o What character quality or qualities does she have that would lead her to getting
into the trouble she was in (curiosity? Stubbornness? Willfulness?)
o In what ways are you like Alice?
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Poetry in Motion
There are a number of poems from Alice in Wonderland that are parodies of actual
poems. Compare and contrast the poems. Ask students to act out either or both the
poems. This involves critical thinking, vocabulary, application, creativity, and
comprehension…a real-bang-for-the-buck.
Lewis Carroll’s Parody of the
Poem
The “Real” Poem
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
(Carroll)
The Star (Jane Taylor)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Lewis Carroll’s Parody of the
Poem
The “Real” Poem
How doth the little crocodile
(Carroll)
Against Idleness and Mischief
(Isaac Watts)
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
How skillfully she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.
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Lewis Carroll’s Parody of the
Poem
The “Real” Poem
Turtle Soup (Carroll)
Star of the Evening
(James M. Sayle)
Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not
stoop?
Soup of the evening, beautiful
Soup!
Soup of the evening, beautiful
Soup!
Beautiful star in heav'n so bright,
Softly falls thy silv'ry light,
As thou movest from earth afar,
Star of the evening, beautiful star.
Chorus:
Beautiful star,
Beautiful star,
Star of the evening, beautiful star.
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!
In Fancy's eye thou seem'st to say,
Follow me, come from earth away.
Upward thy spirit's pinions try,
To realms of love beyond the sky.
Beautiful Soup! Who cares for
fish,
Game or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for
two p
ennyworth only of Beautiful Soup?
Pennyworth only of beautiful
Soup?
Shine on, oh star of love divine,
And may our soul's affection twine
Around thee as thou movest afar,
Star of the twilight, beautiful star
Turtle Soup
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
Beautiful, beauti--FUL SOUP!
Carroll mainly parodies the overblown
sentimentality of the song, not so much the
message of it. As Florence Milner wrote in
her book 'The Poems in Alice in
Wonderland': 'The most delightful part of the
parody is the division of the words in the
refrain in imitation of the approved method
of singing the song with its holds and
sentimental stress upon the last word.'
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alice7a.html#4
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"White Rabbit"
By Jefferson Airplane, 1967
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
This would be a discussion for older
students only… or perhaps modified
for younger students. Music is often
poetry put to a melody. If students
think about lyrics, they can learn
much about the intent of the song
and what events were taking place at
the time.
Go ask Alice
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When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
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And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
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Call Alice
When she was just small
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When the men on the chessboard
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Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
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Why do you think Alice would drink
the drink, eat the mushroom, etc.
without knowing anything about
them? What do you think of her
judgment?
Was there anything going on in Lewis
Carroll’s life that might have
influenced him so that he would add
these elements to a Children’s story…
or is this actually a story for children,
or for both children and adults?
“The White Rabbit” song was written
in the 1960’s. What events were
occurring in these days that might
have something to do with the writing
of this song? Does this have to do with
drugs? War? Change?
If you were to put this poetry to
motion, how would you move?
There is a You-Tube video of
Jefferson Airplane singing “White
Rabbit” at the Woodstock Festival in
1969. Watch the movements of Grace
Slick, the singer and songwriter.
Can you think of other stories or
poems put to music?
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
Jefferson Airplane singing “White Rabbit”
at Woodstock, 1969.
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head
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For younger students, ask them what they think
about Alice eating or drinking something when
she didn’t know what she was consuming.
Let students brainstorm what it would be like to
be very large or very small.
How would they move if they were taller than a
telephone pole or smaller than a mouse?
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