# What Reality and Dreams means in Through the Looking-Glass

> The boundary between waking and dreaming is blurred throughout, as Alice wonders if she is part of the Red King's dream, and the epigraph frames the entire story as a dreamlike fairy tale.

## Explanation

The boundary between waking and dreaming is blurred throughout, as Alice wonders if she is part of the Red King's dream, and the epigraph frames the entire story as a dreamlike fairy tale.

The fairy-tale is presented as a magical escape from the harsh outer world, blurring the line between waking life and dream.

Alice's passage through the looking-glass blurs the boundary between waking life and dream, as she enters a world that mirrors and distorts her own.

Alice passes through the looking-glass into a fantastical world where chess pieces are alive, blurring the line between reality and dream.

The surreal garden, talking flowers, and the impossible run without moving blur the line between reality and dream.

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