Lewis Carroll's book "Alice in Wonderland": Characters

The life of a modern man is such that he constantly runs somewhere, worries about something and wants to do something soon. But he completely forgets about miracles. But there are people who notice them, like them, and they certainly happen to them! Alice's girl is a living example.

Probably, there is no other more kind, fascinating and instructive story than "Alice in Wonderland". Tell the same as a curious girl made sure that the Wonderland exists, and heroically helped her good people to defeat the evil Queen.

We will tell you a short story of the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland". Characters will also not be deprived of attention.

Lewis Carroll - the one who came up with a wonderland

A mathematician and a man with a unique fantasy - Englishman Lewis Carroll. "Alice in Wonderland" is not his only work. Soon he wrote a sequel to the adventures - "Alice in the Looking Glass".

"Logical Game" and "Mathematical Curiosities" are the books of Carroll, generated by his second vocation - the profession of a mathematician.

Was Alisa a real girl?

It is known that the fairy Alice had a prototype in real life. It was quite a pretty and funny girl, and her name was the same as that of the main character.

It was Alice Liddell, daughter of one of Carroll's friends, who pushed the writer to an idea for his main work. The girl was so sweet and capable that Carroll decided to make her a fairy tale heroine.

Alisa Liddell lived a happy and long life: she gave birth to three sons and died at the age of 82 years.

In general, Lewis Carroll was noted for his amusing attitude towards women: he called them (counted) girls up to 30 years old. However, in his words there is some truth ... Scientists have noticed for a long time that there is a category of girls that grows very slowly (in their 25 such people look 16 years old).

The plot of the fairy tale. How did the main character get to Wonderland?

Alisa sat with her sister on the river bank. She was bored, frankly. But then a cheerful rabbit ran around next to him with his watch in his paws.

A curious girl ran after him ... The rabbit was not at all simple - he dragged her into the hole, which turned out to be quite deep - Alisa was already flying for a long time. Landed in the hall, which has a lot of locked doors.

Alice had the task of getting out of the room. She dares to eat objects that change growth. First, Alice turns into a giant, then - into a baby.

And finally, almost drowning in his own tears (the author very epically shows the absurdity of female crying), is selected outside through a small door. Before Alice is spreading the bottomless Wonderland ...

The Mad Tea Party and the Final

Next, the girl is met by interesting characters, with whom she will have tea. On the way, Alice sees the Caterpillar. She advises her to eat mushrooms in order to become normal again. Alice follows her advice (in a dream and not such it is possible to make): after various metamorphoses normal growth comes back to the girl.

During the Mad Tea Party, Alice learns of the evil Queen that she has to overcome. This happens to the accompaniment of the Hatter's reasoning about the nature of time.

Then follows a series of events, during which Alice gets to the evil sorceress for execution. At this moment the girl wakes up. It turns out that all that happened is nothing more than the fruit of her imagination.

Characters of the book "Alice in Wonderland"

A lot of interesting creatures inhabited the Wonderland, we will give a brief description of them:

• Non-growing girl Alice - she is devoted to a separate chapter of our article.
• The Mad Hatter is one of the participants in the Mad Tea Party, Alice's friend.
• Cheshire Cat - a magical animal with a charming smile.
• Queen of Hearts is clearly a negative character.
• White Rabbit is a positive hero who gave Alice a message about the disaster in Wonderland.
• The March Hare is a member of the Mad Tea Party. Carroll gave him the crazy epithet: he lives in a house where all the interior items have the shape of a rabbit's head.
• Mouse Sonya - another participant in the Mad Tea Party. It differs in its ability to suddenly fall asleep and wake up. During his next upswing he gives out an interesting phrase. For example: "I breathe when I sleep" the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe!".
• Blue Caterpillar is a wise character of Wonderland. Alice asks complex questions; Tells how you can change the size of your body by biting the mushroom from different sides.
• The Duchess is an ambiguous character in the tale. Quite a boring young lady, participated in the tournament for the Royal Croquet.

The first four characters are the main characters of the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland". These characters will be discussed in detail.

Nevoszreshayuschaya girl Alice

"This strange girl simply adored splitting herself, becoming two girls at the same time."

Without the main character, the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" is unthinkable. Characters are invented masterfully, but some of them are forgotten with time. Alice can not be forgotten, so she is unusual and intellectually developed for her age. What is she like, this girl?

In the book about the appearance of Alice, nothing is said. The illustrator drawing pictures to a children's fairy tale gave the girl a blond hair. Carroll, in his drafts, endowed the heroine with beautiful chestnut hair, the same as the aforementioned Alice Liddell. In all other respects, the main character was simply a glorious child. But with personal traits everything is much more interesting.

Alice is an eternal dreamer. She is never bored: she always thinks up a game or entertainment for herself. At the same time, the main character is extremely polite to everyone, regardless of the origin of the person and his personal qualities. Well and moderately naive is because of her young age and dreaminess.

Another inalienable feature of Alice is curiosity. It is thanks to him that she gets into all sorts of alterations and adventures. In the team, it plays the role of an observer: it is necessary for her to see how the matter ends. But if she becomes interested, she will go to the end to satisfy her curiosity. And get out of any situation unscathed, thanks to his inexhaustible ingenuity.

Alice's friend - Mad Hatter (The Hatter)

"Today, everyone drives by rail, but the hats are much safer and more pleasant."

He is one of the key characters in the fairy tale.

Befriended the Hatter and Alice. In Wonderland, the characters are very different, but the gallant Hatter is one. This slender young man is well versed in headdresses. Masterfully makes wigs for every taste.

Delivered Alice to the Queen's Palace in her wonderful hat (of course, problems with the reduction in growth in the main character did not arise).

Cheshire Cat

Inventive was Carroll. "Alice in Wonderland" is full of various fairy-tale characters, but this hero has a special charm.

The tale would not be so funny, if not for the Cat. Alice in Wonderland communicates with this character and finds him a very clever animal.

Cheshire Cat is notable for being able to navigate in space - to suddenly disappear and appear. In this case, the Cat itself disappears, but his amazing smile continues to soar in the air. When Alice began to "fool", the character plagued her with philosophical reasoning.

In the 2010 film of Tim Burton, the Cat confirmed that he is a positive character: he helped to avoid the execution of the Hatter.

The Black Queen

"To cut off the head" or "Head from the shoulders" are the favorite phrases of the sorceress.

A clear anti-hero or just a witch (as she was called in the movie) - The Chervonaya Queen. Alice in Wonderland was not just so, but in order to defeat the evil sorceress and restore justice.

The Queen is a very domineering and cruel woman: she mocks the lovely creatures of Wonderland. He considers that he has the right to carry out mass executions. Also commands cards and monstrous Barmoglot. It feeds on positive emotions of people. But against the clever and inventive Alisa, she is powerless.

The plot of the 2010 film

We look at the adaptation of Tim Burton's fairy tale, which took place 4 years ago. The film turned out to be a good one, so we recommend that it be viewed.

Initially, Alice is shown as a little girl who is tormented by the same nightmare. She comes to her dad, he loves her very much and calms him, saying the phrase "Mad men are all smarter."

Further the main heroine is shown by the adult 19-year-old girl. She will have to marry a man whom she does not like, more than that - he is bored for her until nauseous. But here on the horizon appears a funny White Rabbit, who waves Alice for hours. Of course, the girl runs after him, falls into the hole and finds herself in the Wonderland ...

With the main character there are various events, quite similar to the storyline of the fairy tale. We will not describe them verbatim (if there is a film) and immediately proceed to describe the roles.

The film "Alice in Wonderland", characters

• Alice - Mia Wasikowska. The actress became world famous after performing the role of the main character. In the image fit into one hundred percent.
• Mad Hatter - Johnny Depp. Zagrimirovanny, gallant and extravagant - so we know the Hatter. In the finale of the film, the actor skillfully dances Jigu-Dryga.
• Red (Chervonnaya, Wicked) Queen - Helena Carter. Playing negative roles for this actress turns out just fine.
• The White Queen is Anne Hathaway. Kind, thoughtful, affectionate, knows how to prepare various medicinal drugs.

Much more than just a children's fairy tale

"Alice in Wonderland", the characters and the author of the book give birth to a lot of interesting thoughts. The fact is that this literary work, on the one hand - a children's fairy tale, but on the other - not at all.

Almost every line of the book has a double meaning, connected with mathematics and metaphysics. Philosophical reasoning about the nature of time is betrayed by the Hatter during the Mad Tea Party. There is an example of verbal recursion, when Alice is dreaming of chess, and the black king (from the game) dreams of the main character.

"Alice in Wonderland" is an interesting fairy tale that does not allow us to forget about the fact that miracles happen in this world. It is loved not only by children, but also by adults, because it is filled with kindness, subtle humor and optimism. Adorable and her characters. "Alice in Wonderland" (the photo of the main characters is in the article) remains in memory for many years.