More Than A Pair

“Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?” - Alice Liddell, Alice: Madness Returns Kat and Emily analyse the portrayal of mental health and childhood trauma in Fran Bow and Alice: Madness Returns, examining socio-historical connotations behind female ‘madness’, representations of childhood, and how games portray various states of reality.  Games: American McGee’s Alice. Spicy Horse. Alice: Madness Returns. Xbox 360 version. Electronic Arts, 2011. Killmonday Games. Fran Bow. PC version. 2015. Referenced: Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1865. Print. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The New England Magazine. Vol 11, Issue 5. Boston: J. N. McClinctock and Company, 1892. Print. Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. London: Heinemann, 1963. Print. Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. London: Bloomsbury, 2002. Print.