Alice in Wonderland - Tim Powitz

I feel that this was a good movie to see for this course. As all the other bloggers have proven, it has a lot within its content that can be applied to course material. What I primarily saw was a parallel to "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" and thus the gospel of Jesus.

The creatures of Underland live by this prophecy that Alice will return to save them from the rule of the evil red queen. This links to Narnia's belief in the prophecy that 2 sons of Adam and 2 daughters of Eve will lead them to battle and dethrone the evil white witch. These both relating of course to the belief of a coming savior. The next parallel is that of the concept of acceptance. Just as Alice had to accept that she was the "real Alice" and slay the Jabberwocky, Aslan and Jesus both willing walked into their sacrificial executions.

I very much enjoyed Elizabeth Henderson's comparison of the White and Red as heaven and hell. To go in a different direction with this, you can see more symbolism when looking at the castles. The land surrounding the red castle is very dry and barren and the land and grounds of the white castle is in full bloom. We see this similarity with Narnia's rule under the White Witch that has the whole nation covered in barren, lifeless snow while rule under Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy is abundant in life. To continue on Elizabeth's symbolism of heaven and hell, Alice willing sneaks into the red castle (hell) in order to find the sword and free her friends. I do not remember where I was taught this, but some scholars (it may even be in the Bible but do NOT take my word for it) say that Jesus went into hell upon his death and thus defeating eternal suffering when he rose from the dead. If this is not true, then at the very least we can compare this to Jesus' temptations in contact to the devil. Finally, in an Old Testament view, the White Queen (being the God figure) only banishes the red queen and knight from Underland as opposed to killing them, which is not in her nature. God, not having murder in his nature, only banish Adam and Eve from the garden after their sin.