What is the mood in this excerpt from Alice Gerstenberg’s Alice in Wonderland?


CARROLL: Yes, here are the Kings and Queens they are fighting for. That’s the Red Queen and here’s the White Queen.

ALICE: How funny they look! CARROLL: See the crowns on their heads, and look at their big feet.

ALICE: It’s a foot apiece, that’s what it is! Do they hump along like this?

CARROLL: Here! You’re spoiling the game. I must keep them all in their right squares. ALICE: I want to be a queen!

CARROLL: Here you are (he points to a small white pawn) here you are in your little stiff skirt!

ALICE: How do you do, Alice!


formal

mysterious

solemn

playful