Rising above oppressive circumstances in Jan Svankmajer's "Alice"

Abstract

This is a Wonderland of cruelty and discomfort, where filth and loneliness rule. Yet for all that, Alice retains her sense of pluck and curiosity. Alice doesn't have the verbal self-confidence I remember from the book, but she fights back against the weird forces of this dreamlike world and never gives up in trying to get that white rabbit to listen to her. Alice is redeemed by her strong spirit. One gets the impression that she was born to rise above her sad circumstances in life -- and that makes her a hero worth supporting.Alice learns that we live in a difficult and threatening world but she rises above this by fighting back and never being daunted by oppressive circumstances. In life similarly we face a harsh world but it is up to us to fight back and rise above oppressive situations.