Ducklet Cat
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Hello,
I've been reading "Alice in Wonderland" since a long while, and it is such a lovely book. I'm mesmerised by the word play it has.
But as a non-native speaker of English, I have some questions every now and then, and I don't want to spam the forums with many topics about the same book. So I thought about dedicating a thread where I can toss my curiosity
Here is today's questions
1.
2. The duchess keeps referring to the "moral" of things. But frankly I'm not sure what she means!
I know that the moral is the lesson (ethical usually) that you learn form a story or an incident. So is that the meaning she means?
I know she's crazy, so her moral has to be so. But it's just mind-boggling.
3.
Oh, and these questions are not for any school homework or anything like that. I just need to know the answers in order to go through the reading.
I've been reading "Alice in Wonderland" since a long while, and it is such a lovely book. I'm mesmerised by the word play it has.
But as a non-native speaker of English, I have some questions every now and then, and I don't want to spam the forums with many topics about the same book. So I thought about dedicating a thread where I can toss my curiosity
Here is today's questions
1.
I know that by "drawling" Lewis Carol meant to say "Drawing", but he's playing with words. But what about "Stretching, and Fainting in Coils". What did he mean?"HE taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils."
2. The duchess keeps referring to the "moral" of things. But frankly I'm not sure what she means!
I know that the moral is the lesson (ethical usually) that you learn form a story or an incident. So is that the meaning she means?
I know she's crazy, so her moral has to be so. But it's just mind-boggling.
3.
What does she mean when she says " make you a present of everything I've said as yet"."Oh, don't talk about trouble!' said the Duchess. 'I make you a present of everything I've said as yet."
Oh, and these questions are not for any school homework or anything like that. I just need to know the answers in order to go through the reading.