3 15 "Alice in Wonderland" Those western allusions that have to be said

There are many western allusions in Alice in Wonderland. At that time, European countries were similar to vassal states of China. One of the allusions: William the Conqueror appeared in the third chapter "Running Circle and Long Tail". William, then Minister of France, was also the cousin of King Edward of England. He saved Edward's life. In return, Edward promised him the right to inherit the throne. As a result, Edward broke his word and passed on the throne to others. William was very angry, so he led troops to attack England and relieved him of his position as king. After he conquered this place, he handed over the management to another person, who was only a nominal king. This conquest brought many new things to the island of England, such as law, French vocabulary, religion, commerce, culture and architecture.

The second allusion "title" appears in Chapter 6 "Pigs and Peppers". Since the Middle Ages, European monarchs generally set their titles according to the amount of land occupied by nobles in their own countries. The highest title is the duke, who is the minister of princes after the king; Followed by Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron, the British title system has been passed down until now, but now it is passed on to people who have made great contributions to the country.

The third allusion is "Cheshire cat". In Alice in Wonderland, there is a cat named Cheshire cat who often appears or disappears mysteriously and often grins for a long time. Cheshire is a place name in England, and there is an English proverb "Laugh like Cheshire cat." Influenced by Alice in Wonderland, westerners call the giggler Cheshire cat, and his shadow can be seen in many film and television works, such as Ghost Mother and Dragon Mother, all of which have such a shadow of Cheshire cat.

The third allusion is "Madman", Mad Hatter, March Rabbit and Dormouse. In the era when the author lived, hats were indispensable decorations, and tall gentleman hats were very popular. One of the materials for making hats is rabbit skin. But under the technical conditions at that time, it was difficult to separate the skin from the meat. In order to separate the rabbit skin, soak the rabbit in mercury, which is toxic and will damage the brain after a long time. So most hat makers will go crazy, and people at that time will think that hat makers will eventually. March rabbits will be crazy in estrus. The Dormouse in mountain rat is nocturnal and sleeps all the time during the day, so the Dormouse in the story will sleep all the time.

The Mad Hatter asked the crow, "Why is the crow like a writing desk?" The author says there is no standard answer, but the most popular answer is: "It's all written by Poe." Edgar allan poe was a famous poet at that time, and his long poem The Crow was written on the desk.

Six years later, Lewis wrote Alice in the Mirror, another sister work of Alice in Wonderland.

Allusions often appear in China's cultural poems. For example, as we said, the allusions of ice, snow, pine, chrysanthemum, plum and bamboo are all used to express the nobleness of loyalty. For example, relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other, and there is a piece of Bing Xin in the jade pot, which comes from "Lotus Inn and Xin Qiji Parting" written by Tang Wang Changling. The bright moon contains homesickness. For example, Li Bai's "The foot of my bed is so bright, will it have frost?" Looking up, I found that it was moonlight and sank again, and I suddenly remembered home. A feeling of longing for the moon and homesickness, as well as the east wind in the small building last night, made the countryside unbearable. Tang's performance showed the unique pain of the king who died in the country. The bright moon is the emotional sustenance, so is the life at sea in Zhang Jiuling. At this time, the moon is far away. There are sunsets and western dusk sunsets, which are generally used for dry. Metaphor is the lament of life in later years. It's dusk, and I'm more worried about a person's wind and rain. It comes from Lu You's Yongmei.

We can use some allusions to make reading more vivid, but too many allusions also affect readers' reading experience.