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Imma Ramos 7.11.04 The Carnivalesque in Wise Children 'Wise Children' tells the story of the trials and tribulations of two sisters of one and the same family - the Hazards, the official, legitimate side, and the Chances, the illegitimate side. It focuses on the world of high and low culture as the Chance sisters, the twins Nora and Dora, are music hall song and dance girls, whereas Ranulph Hazard and his son Melchior are 'the Royal Family of the British Theatre'(page 95). They are great Shakespearean actors and therefore stand for official culture and its 'King'. However, during the time of carnival, kings are always uncrowned, and this is what happens to the Hazard family. The decline of the old cultural norms is underlined by Carter in many ways. Melchior's Hollywood version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is a complete and utter flop, and the decline of the...

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