Perception of reality. Comparison essay on Alice in Wonderland, Waiting for Godot, Screwtape Letters

Each of the three authors, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Beckett, and C.S. Lewis are able to create their own perception of reality through the manipulation of characters and use of literary devices. However, reality is an individual concept and thus each author has a distinct perception of it that becomes apparent in his writing: in Carroll's Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, Alice goes beyond the boundaries of reality into a dream world, only to discover the …

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