Cheshire Cat Monologue Work -

The Cheshire Cat is perhaps the most enigmatic resident of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. He doesn’t just inhabit the world; he critiques it with a detached, floating grin. While Alice is busy trying to find logic in a world without any, the Cat is there to remind her that "we’re all mad here."

Provide a list of other monologues from Wonderland for comparison.

Nietzsche, F. (1883). Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Translated by R. J. Hollingdale. London: Penguin Books. Cheshire Cat Monologue

I go where the grin takes me. The rest of me… well, it catches up. Or it doesn’t. Mostly it doesn’t. And isn’t that a relief? To leave the heavy, awkward, elbow-bumping body of yourself behind and just be the expression?

Let me tell you a secret. (Leans in close.) The Queen? Her heart is a cold, red stamp. The Hatter? His time is stuck at six o’clock, but he’ll never tell you it’s tea-time because he’s forgotten what tea is. And you? You think you’re here by accident. You think you fell. The Cheshire Cat is perhaps the most enigmatic

Smile remains after he disappears completely.

You want a path? I’ll give you a path.
You want answers? I’ll give you better questions.
You want sense? Then why on earth are you still here? Nietzsche, F

I'm mad. You're mad. ... To begin with, a dog's not mad. You grant that? Well, then, you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad." www.open-bks.com Key Themes & Context The Nature of Choice