The Queen Of Hearts, By Lewis Carroll - 880 Words

†§ The Queen of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a nonsense novel created by Lewis Carroll in 1865. The story begins with Alice follows a clothed rabbit to a rabbit hole. She goes to a couple bazaar places and meets talking animals. In chapter eight, Alice encounters three playing cards painting the white roses into red because The Queen of Hearts hates white roses. She is a character who always angry and yells â€Å"Off with their heads!† She invites Alice to play croquet with live flamingos as mallets and the hedgehogs as balls. In chapter eleven, Alice attends a trial because the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the Queen’s tarts. Meanwhile, Alice is growing larger steadily. She refuses to leave and tells the Queen and King they are just a pack of cards. The story end in Alice’s sister woke her up from the dream. Lewis Carroll once stated that the Queen of Hearts is ‘the concentrated essence of all governess’. (Nichols, 2014) In the Walt Disneyà ¢â‚¬â„¢s animation version, the Alice describes the Queen of Hearts as a ‘fat, pompous, bad tempered old tyrant’. (Grant, 1987) Also, in Alice’s Wonderland A visual Journey through Lewis Carroll’s Mad, Mad World, Nichols mentioned that Miranda Richardson, the actress who played the Queen of Hearts in 1999 small screen version, made the character into a real mad and arbitrary woman. (Nichols, 2014) John Tenniel, the first illustrator of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, took VictorianShow MoreRelatedThe Theme Of Anti-Feminism In Alices Adventures In Wonderland1558 Words   |  7 Pagesdominate and have control over women. Lewis Carroll proves this fact through a young and innocent heroine’s journey with the reoccurring themes of anti-feminism, unequal treatment of women, and the gender roles dictated by society. 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