The really obvious part is afterwards when Alice is being accused by the Black Queen, 'Going off like that, with a man (The White Knight/Carroll) old enough to be your father!' The White Knight also sings Poor Edward later which is about how torturous his love for Alice is.

'That's wonderful, don't you think, Kitty? How close he wanted me, and how far away he kept me.' Dodgson's desire for Alice and him fighting that desire is metaphotically shown when Alice discusses the photograph with the Cheshire Cat. I also thought it was tide at first but it is, in fact, time which is a theme that also crops up a lot in the play. The play mentions 'stopping time ' a lot, as in a photograph. Carrol regularly took photos of Alice and it's a recurring theme in the play and it expressly says in the playscript that Carrol's lens 'extends slowly and menacingly at her' which is a clear metaphor. Also of note is that this takes place in a picture frame. Alice sings the third verse ('Tell me that you will wait for me') to the White Knight first, then the White Knight sings the last verse to Alice. I mean, as a song about forbidden love it is fantastic in its own right and it being about paedophilia doesn't diminish how good of a song it is.įish & Bird is sung by The White Knight as he rescues Alice, then Alice joins in in a duet. This is a beautiful song but the poster who said it was about the love between Dodgson (Carrol) and Alice is spot on and shouldn't be ridiculed for it.

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