Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Metaphors 1 key example

Definition of Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly, as... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other... read full definition
Chapter 1 - Down the Rabbit-Hole
Explanation and Analysis—Down the Rabbit Hole:

Carroll uses the rabbit hole as a metaphor for the object of a child's curiosity. In Chapter 1, Alice takes her famous tumble down the rabbit-hole:

She ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.