Carroll and the sisters got there first, as they walked the fastest. As they walked, only Alice, Lorina, and Edith could keep up. It began to rain during the outing, and the group left for a nearby house. The Dodo referenced Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Carroll) himself. The Eaglet was also another sister, Edith Liddell and the Duck was a caricature of Rev. The Lory character was based on Lorina Charlotte Liddell, Alice's older sister reflecting on the Victorian era that older siblings had more power over the younger sibling. Alice Liddell became Alice with the others represented by birds in these passages from the book. Carroll at the time was relating his newly forming story to the three girls, their family, and some friends. The Eaglet, the Lory, the Duck, and the Dodo are characters appearing in chapters two and three of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Ĭarroll incorporated references in his works to a group of his friends present on a boating outing on the River Thames which occurred on 4 July 1862. The Eaglet, the Duck, the Dodo, the Lory and others illustration by John Tenniel The Eaglet, the Lory, the Duck, and the Dodo She makes another brief appearance as a key witness at the Queen of Hearts's trial, where she claims that the stolen tarts were made with pepper. Her fury at being disrupted during her cooking is made clear when she throws various pots and pans, aiming to hit both Alice and the baby. The copious amounts of pepper (which alludes to a quick temper) she uses in her soup cause Alice, the Duchess, and her son to sneeze incessantly. The ill-mannered, belligerent and volatile cook works as a servant to the Duchess. When Alice describes Dinah's hunting skills to the animals in the Caucus Race, they become very uncomfortable.ĭinah appears in the Disney's film, and the same cat that belonged to Alice's great-granddaughter that came to Wonderland and lived there in Alice's Wonderland Bakery. Alice talks to Dinah, and mentions her frequently to Wonderland residents. In the 2010 film she is married and her name is Margaret.ĭinah is Alice's cat and bosom companion in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. She is named Ada in the 1995 Jetlag animated film. Her name was never revealed in Disney's film, but she was named Mathilda in Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr. Some believe that she is named Lorina after Alice's real-life sister. When Alice awakes, she tells her sister about her dream, and the book closes with her sister daydreaming about what Alice will be like as a grown-up. Alice falls asleep with her head in her sister's lap and has the dream about Wonderland. And readers pick up a copy of the DVD, it's a great movie.Alice's older sister, who reads a book without illustrations or dialogues, sits on the bank with Alice at the beginning of the book. So applaud yourselves, Halmi & Halmi (and everyone else, esp. Now, be fair, the animation was wonderful (very), but a terrible adaptation. The whole thing was an honest live action work that made a decent effort to correct what Disney messed up. Folks like Gene Wilder, Pete Postlethwaite, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley, Martin Short and others make their own contribution to this magical TV production. The writers make the same mistake of mixing the two books together (understandable), and throw in a few new morals and themes (stage fright, mostly), but it's still great. Filled with famous faces and some wonderful sets, it may not be 100% like the book, but I won't have a word against this film anyway. Being a big fan of the books and the author's work, I have seen most of the film adaptations made of the Alice books (and yes, there were two), and this is one of the better adaptations, and certainly a wonderful film.
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