The symbol of The Garden in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland from LitCharts

Alice finds herself in a giant hall at the end of the rabbit hole, surrounded by locked doors. She becomes frustrated and sad, homesick for her family and her pet, but when a tiny door appears and she manages to peer inside at a beautiful garden, she has something to aim for. The garden, full of beautiful colors and cool fountains, is an idyllic vision and Alice is desperate to get to it. It represents her desire, her will, and her belief in goodness and happiness.

The Garden Quotes in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head though the doorway.

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Page Number and Citation: 5

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The players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting 'Off with his head!' or 'Off with her head!' about once in a minute.

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Page Number and Citation: 67

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The Garden Symbol Timeline in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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...perfectly. Alice opens the door and kneels down and peers through it to a beautiful garden. But the doorway seems to be for a small animal, not a girl. It's too... (full context)

...snuffing out entirely like a flame. She goes back to the door to the beautiful garden. She realizes she has forgotten the key, so she goes back to the table but,... (full context)

...something to make her a little larger so that she can finally get into the garden. (full context)

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...bit, she transforms herself into her old size and now sets out to find the garden as she’d planned. She comes to a tiny house instead and thinks she’ll go in,... (full context)

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...tiny door, and this time, she has all she needs to get into the beautiful garden. (full context)

Alice enters the beautiful garden and sees a rose tree, full of white roses, and a busy group of gardeners,... (full context)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

The Garden Symbol Analysis

The Garden Quotes in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The Garden Symbol Timeline in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland