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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Chapter 1 - Down the Rabbit-Hole
Explanation and Analysis:
Two settings appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The first is a riverbank in an unnamed location. It seems very normal and boring; Alice nearly dozes off next to her sister while reading a book. Carroll devotes very few words to Alice's initial location before she plunges down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. The lack of specificity about the initial setting evokes a sense of normalcy but also creates curiosity that deepens when Alice begins her adventure.
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