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Alice is a fictional character, the protagonist of Lewis Carroll's children's novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel, ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (1871). A young child living during the mid-Victorian era, she goes on adventures by falling down a rabbit hole to Wonderland, and in the sequel, through a mirror to Looking-Glass Land. The character has her origins in stories told by Carroll to the young Liddell sisters while rowing on the Isis with his friend Robinson Duckworth, and on subsequent rowing trips. Although she shares her name with Alice Liddell's given name, it is controversial among scholars as to whether or not she can be identified as Liddell. Carroll characterised her as "loving and gentle," "courteous to all," "trustful," and "wildly curious".〔 His illustrations of her in ''Alice's Adventures Under Ground'', the first version of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' are influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Political cartoonist John Tenniel illustrated ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking-Glass''. ==Character== Alice is a fictional child living during the middle of the Victorian era. In ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865), which takes place on 4 May, the character is widely assumed to be seven years old; Alice gives her age as seven and a half in the sequel, which takes place on 4 November. In the text of the two ''Alice'' books, author Lewis Carroll often did not remark on the physical appearance of his protagonist, offering only "very few details". Details of her fictional life can be discovered from the text of the two books. At home, she has a significantly older sister, an elderly nurse, and a governess, who teaches her lessons starting at nine in the morning.〔 Additionally, she had gone to a day school at some point in the past.〔 Alice has been variously characterised as belonging to the upper class, middle class,〔 or part of the bourgeoisie. Her social class is reflected in her "educated speech, dress, and surroundings". When writing on her personality in "Alice on the Stage" (April 1887), Carroll described her as "loving and gentle," "courteous to ''all''," "trustful," and "wildly curious, and with the eager enjoyment of Life that comes only in the happy hours of childhood, when all is new and fair, and when Sin and Sorrow are but names — empty words signifying nothing!" Commentators characterise her as "innocent",〔 "imaginative,"〔 introspective, generally well-mannered,〔〔 "outspoken and forthright in challenging authority",〔 and "witty and intelligent". Others see less positive traits in Alice, writing that she frequently shows "casual cruelty" in her conversations with the animals in Wonderland, takes violent action against the character Bill the Lizard by kicking him into the air, and reflects her social upbringing in her lack of sensitivity and impolite replies. According to Donald Rackin, "In spite of of her class- and time-bound prejudices, her frightened fretting and childish, abject tears, her priggishness and self-assured ignorance, her sometimes blatant hypocrisy, her general powerlessness and confusion, and her rather cowardly readiness to abandon her struggles at the ends of the two adventures—() many readers still look up to Alice as a mythic embodiment of control, perseverance, bravery, and mature good sense." The degree to which the character of Alice can be identified as Alice Liddell is controversial. Some critics identify the character as Liddell,〔 or write that she inspired the character. Others argue that Carroll considered his protagonist and Liddell to be separate. According to Carroll, his character was not based on any real child, but was entirely fictional. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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