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Cheshire Cat Allusion in Fahrenheit 451
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Cheshire Cat Allusion in Fahrenheit 451
Significance
Source of Allusion
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
The use of this allusion is to describe the fake grins on Mildred's friends faces to show the fake happiness the women possessed.
Bibliography
Shmoop Editorial Team. "The Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass." Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 10 Dec. 2013.
Bradbury, Ray. Farenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1953. 93-94. Print.
Type of Allusion
Context
Quote
Literary
"Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles came through the front door and vanished into the volcano's mouth with martinis in their hands. Montag stopped eating. They were like a monstrous crystal chandelier tinkling in a thousand chime, he saw their Cheshire Cat smiles burning through the walla of the house, and now they were screaming at each other above the din." pg. 93
While Montag is eating Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles come into Montag's house while he is and sport a Cheshire Cat like smile on their faces.