This piece of art by Banksy could be interpreted in many ways, but in our eyes it is highlighting the idea of government repression, and living in a society which is poisoned by authority. We feel that this picture is highly similar to how we want to portray Alice in our depiction. We like the idea of the gas mask as it is surreal and contradicts the innocence that is usually related to Alice, and the fact that we are unable to see her face adds to the mystery and the idea that we do not know the real Alice.
This picture of a police officer inspecting Dorothy's basket is easy to relate to our planned interpretation of Alice. Wizard of Oz is another famous fantasy tale that is also far-fetched from reality. Firstly, it shows a mix of seemingly innocent fantasy being combined with a more brutal figure of the real world that usually deals with the seedy underbelly of society. The fact that he is inspecting her basket, implies the idea of a lack of trust even in the most unexpected of people. This blends in with our idea of how we want to pick apart the themes from Alice in Wonderland to uncover the true forms behind the symbolism.
From our point of view, this image is either potraying the police officer as mistakenly interrogative towards a misdirected person, or that he is rightfully suspicious of Dorothy, impying that she is scheming and vindictive, in the same way as we want our alternative version of Alice to be.
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