Chapter 9
The Mock Turtle's pun-laden school subjects: 'Reeling and Writhing... Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision' — Carroll's love of wordplay at full pitch.
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From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The melancholy Mock Turtle and Gryphon parody nostalgic education and Victorian sentimentality through their school memories and dance.
Chapter 10
The Lobster Quadrille and 'Beautiful Soup' — set-pieces of Victorian parody, mocking sentimental song traditions.
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