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Who is Red Queen from The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature and what is their importance? The_Red_Queen:_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature English & Literature Red Queen | The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

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The Red Queen is an allusion to a character in Alice In Wonderland. In the story, Alice comes upon a queen running along who implores Alice to run fast. Despite how fast Alice runs, she stays in the same place however because the landscape moves at the same pace that she is. The metaphor is meant to suggest a kind of treadmill where no matter how fast one runs, they stay in the same place.