# How does Through the Looking-Glass develop the theme of Reality and Dreams?

> Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

## Answer

Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll develops Reality and Dreams across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

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.

## Evidence

- [epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The fairy-tale is presented as a magical escape from the harsh outer world, blurring the line between waking life and dream.
- [through-the-looking-glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/through-the-looking-glass.md): 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.
- [i-looking-glass-house](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/i-looking-glass-house.md): Alice passes through the looking-glass into a fantastical world where chess pieces are alive, blurring the line between reality and dream.
- [ii-the-garden-of-live-flowers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/ii-the-garden-of-live-flowers.md): The surreal garden, talking flowers, and the impossible run without moving blur the line between reality and dream.
- [iv-tweedledum-and-tweedledee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/iv-tweedledum-and-tweedledee.md): The twins argue that Alice is merely a figment of the Red King's dream, questioning the nature of reality and existence.
- [viii-it-s-my-own-invention](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/viii-it-s-my-own-invention.md): Alice questions whether she is dreaming the Red King's dream, blurring the line between reality and fantasy.
- [ix-queen-alice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/ix-queen-alice.md): The surreal dinner party, with objects coming to life and the Queens shrinking, blurs the boundary between dream and reality.
- [x-shaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/x-shaking.md): The Red Queen's transformation into a kitten blurs the boundary between Alice's dream and waking reality.

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