Just the other day, my cousin G and I were discussing literary heroines, namely Jane Eyre. G is 15&3/4 and currently immersed in what she considers a torturous, too-close reading of Charlotte Bronte's work.
But that got us talking about another English girl confronted with an undesirable marriage proposal, who holds out for real love.
Lewis Carroll's Alice, in Wonderland or Underland, as re-imagined on film by director Tim Burton, is another kind altogether.
Alice sorts dilemmas in her head; sprinkles "two teaspoons of wishful thinking" into concoctions like a distance runner shaking electrolytes into bottled water.
While I wasn't particularly bowled over by Burton's cinematic creation--I expected more of the "one pill makes you larger, the other makes you small" madness--I do appreciate that his Alice (talented Aussie Mia Wasikowska) is a headstrong 18-year-old, determined to do things her way.
Spoiler Alert: Alice refuses her red-headed suitor (he's rather boorish and beset by gastrointestinal issues, lol) during what turns out to be a lavish, surprise engagement party.
Instead, she takes up her late father's business, making expansion plans that will allow her intercontinental travel. I like to think she meets her prince along the way.
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