An Analysis of Lewis Carroll's
Alice in Wonderland

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The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

An Analysis of Chapter 4

Tone

Fantastical, Curious, Anxious

Basic Stats

Intensity Clarity Conflict Resolution Pacing
Thrilling - (4) Crystal-clear - (5) Hostile - (4) A decent amount - (3) Quick - (4)

Basically...

Alice encounters the White Rabbit who mistakes her for his servant. She enters his house to fetch items he demands, grows large after drinking from a bottle, and causes chaos before she manages to shrink and escape.

In more detail...

Alice sees the White Rabbit searching for his lost items and mistakenly addresses her as his servant, Mary Ann, ordering her to fetch his gloves and a fan. Alice enters the rabbit's house where she finds the items but drinks from a bottle that makes her grow massively. Stuck inside the house, her limbs sticking out of doors and windows, she causes commotion as the Rabbit and his helpers try to dislodge her. After failing, they plan to burn the house, but Alice frightens them away by threatening them with Dinah, her cat. Pebbles thrown at her turn into cakes that make her shrink, and she escapes into the woods where she encounters a giant puppy and reflects on her need to reach the right size to enter the beautiful garden she saw earlier.
Characters
  • Alice
    • About - Alice, following the White Rabbit, mistakenly enters his house and creates chaos by growing too large after drinking from a mysterious bottle. She then shrinks and escapes after an encounter with aggressive house occupants.
    • Personality Traits - Curious, good-natured, and rational despite her peculiar circumstances.
    • Physical Characteristics - She is a small girl who fluctuates in size due to substances she consumes.
    • Character Connections
      • White Rabbit - She follows the Rabbit and is mistaken for his housemaid. She tries to meet his demands but ends up causing trouble in his house by growing too large.
      • Mary Ann - She is mistaken for Mary Ann, the White Rabbit's servant.
      • Dinah - Alice's pet cat, mentioned as a threat to scare the Rabbit and his helpers.
  • White Rabbit
    • About - The White Rabbit returns looking for his lost items and mistakes Alice for his housemaid, Mary Ann. He commands her to fetch items and is later involved in attempting to remove the oversized Alice from his house.
    • Personality Traits - Nervous, hurried, evidently fearful of authority.
    • Physical Characteristics - A frantic rabbit dressed in clothes with a pocket watch, often worried and in a hurry.
    • Character Connections
      • Alice - He mistakes Alice for his servant and later fears her when she grows too large.
      • Mary Ann - His actual housemaid who he confusedly mistakes Alice for.
      • Duchess - He is fearfully anxious about displeasing the Duchess, suggesting she is an authority figure to him.
      • Bill - A helper summoned by him to assist with the Alice situation.
      • Pat - A person he addresses to help get Alice out of his house. Likely another animal or person in a subordinate role to him.
  • Bill
    • About - Bill is a lizard and one of the White Rabbit's helpers, coerced to climb down the chimney to deal with the enormous Alice. He gets kicked out into the air by Alice.
    • Personality Traits - His voice is squeaky and weak, suggesting he may be timid or scared.
    • Physical Characteristics - Described as a lizard, possibly small as he is tasked with chimney duties.
    • Character Connections
      • White Rabbit - He is ordered by the Rabbit to go down the chimney to dislodge Alice.
      • Alice - He encounters Alice when he is kicked out of the chimney by her.
  • Pat
    • About - Pat, possibly another animal worker, is addressed by the White Rabbit to assist with the removal of Alice and later to gather pebbles to throw at her.
    • Personality Traits - He appears to be a subordinate to the Rabbit and speaks with an accent.
    • Physical Characteristics - Not described in detail.
    • Character Connections
      • White Rabbit - He is summoned by the White Rabbit to help deal with the oversized Alice.
      • Alice - He is part of the effort to remove Alice from the house and possibly throws pebbles at her.