Queen's+Court

LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE QUEEN’S COURT The first obvious conclusion about law and justice in the Queen’s court that can be drawn from this chapter is simple: there is no such thing. There seem to be no set rules, just don’t upset the Queen. And the Queen has no sense of right and wrong, justice and injustice, big or small; her solution to everything comes swift and natural, “off with his head!” The second conclusion about law and justice in the Queen’s court is that people in authority rarely take the time to listen. I’ve heard it said that no matter how thin you slice the bologna, it still has two sides. However, the Queen was not interested in what had happened, or who was actually at fault; she immediately condemned death upon them. When the gardeners accidentally planted the wrong flowers, she didn’t listen to their reasoning, she just shouted, “off with their heads!” Lives of many innocent people would have been spared, had she taken the time to listen. The third conclusion drawn from this chapter is that laws are useful and important. Although it may seem like life would be better or easier without rules and regulations, this is not the case. Take the game of croquet for example; because there were no rules, the game was not any fun. People were roaming around, taking their turn whenever they felt, doing whatever they wanted. Because there was no order, there wasn’t any happiness. Life in Wonderland actually would have been better if there were rules. 