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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at Oxford University. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book. David Day, Queen's Quarterly (2010) Source of imagery [ edit ] Grinning Cheshire Cat, StWilfrid's Church, Grappenhall, Cheshire The cat carving in StNicolas's Church, Cranleigh, Surrey Disney's 1951 version of Alice is seen as one of the most important characters of the video game series Kingdom Hearts. She is one of the Princesses of Heart — seven maidens of pure light needed to open the final Door to Darkness, leading to Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds — and the first Princess of Heart the protagonist, Sora, meets in the first game. Alice also appears in the sequel, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and its remake, Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, as a figment of the protagonist's memory.

In the 1985 television adaptation of Carroll's books, the Cheshire Cat is portrayed by Telly Savalas. He sings a morose song called "There's No Way Home", which simply drives Alice to try and find a way home even more. The Cheshire Cat is now largely identified with the character of the same name in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice first encounters the Cheshire Cat at the Duchess's house in her kitchen, and later on the branches of a tree, where it appears and disappears at will, and engages Alice in amusing but sometimes perplexing conversation. The cat sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice; but appears to cheer her when it appears suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field; and when sentenced to death, baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body, sparking a debate between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether a disembodied head can indeed be beheaded. At one point, the cat disappears gradually until nothing is left but its grin, prompting Alice to remark that "she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat". [7] Oxford professor E.B. Pusey [ edit ]The Cheshire Cat is a fictional character from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” The cat is known for its large, toothy grin and its ability to disappear and reappear at will. The cat is also known for its enigmatic and mischievous personality, often offering cryptic advice to Alice. The Cat’s most famous quote is “We’re all mad here.” The Cat is also an important character in the sequel, “Through the Looking-Glass.” It is a character that often confuses and guides Alice throughout her journey in Wonderland.

The Cheshire Cat character has been re-depicted by other creators and used as the inspiration for new characters, primarily in screen media (film, television, video games) and print media (literature, comics, art). Other non-media contexts that embrace the Cheshire Cat include music, business, and science. If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.” – Cheshire Cat As the book and its sequel are Carroll's most widely recognised works, they have also inspired numerous live performances, including plays, operas, ballets, and traditional English pantomimes. These works range from fairly faithful adaptations to those that use the story as a basis for new works. Eva Le Gallienne's stage adaptation of the Alice books premiered on 12 December 1932 and ended its run in May 1933. [117] The production has been revived in New York in 1947 and 1982. A community theatre production of Alice was Olivia de Havilland's first foray onto the stage. [118]

Wrapping Up

Day, David (24 August 2015). "The Cheshire Cat's Grin: Solving the greatest mystery of Wonderland, 150years later". The Walrus. Stan, Susan, ed. (2002). The World Through Children's Books. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7387-3. OCLC 606598942. When you’ve understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can’t understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.” – Cheshire Cat

As everyone keeps going on about who she really is, Alice's return becomes a rite of passage as she discovers herself and faces her fears head-on to not only save Wonderland and fulfill its long-awaited prophecy but also to save herself. While finding her true calling and way in life, Alice will learn to believe in the impossible in this dark "coming of age" fantasy film. The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” July was known as the " golden afternoon", prefaced in the novel as a poem. [12] In fact, the weather around Oxford on 4 July was "cool and rather wet," although at least one scholar has disputed this claim. [13] Scholars debate whether Carroll in fact came up with Alice during the "golden afternoon" or whether the story was developed over a longer period. [12] a b Morgan, James (29 July 2014). " 'Quantum Cheshire Cat' becomes reality". BBC News . Retrieved 24 September 2014.Denkmayr, T.; Geppert, H.; Sponar, S; Lemmel, H.; Matzkin, A.; Tollaksen, J; Hasegawa, Y. (29 July 2014). "Observation of a quantum Cheshire Cat in a matter-wave interferometer experiment". Nature Communications. 5: 4492. arXiv: 1312.3775. Bibcode: 2014NatCo...5.4492D. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5492. PMC 4124860. PMID 25072171. Carroll wrote in his memoirs that he "saw a Cheshire cat with a gigantic smile at Brimstage carved into the wall". This refers to a roughly-cut corbel in Brimstage Hall, Wirral (previously in Cheshire) which resembles a smiling cat. This is another possible inspiration for the character. [11] [12] The following list is a timeline of major publication events related to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: There are numerous theories about the origin of the phrase "grinning like a Cheshire Cat" in English history. A possible origin of the phrase is one favoured by the people of Cheshire, a county in England which boasts numerous dairy farms; hence the cats grin because of the abundance of milk and cream. [3]

Straley, Jessica (2016). "Generic variability: Lewis Carroll, scientific nonsense, and literary parody". Evolution and Imagination in Victorian Children's Literature. Cambridge University Press. pp.86–117. doi: 10.1017/cbo9781316422700.004. ISBN 978-1-316-42270-0. Ben Child (23 June 2009). "Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland ramps up the weird factor". The Guardian . Retrieved 19 November 2020. In episode 13 of the anime 'Ouran High School Host Club' the main character, Haruhi, takes on the role of Alice after falling down a hole trying to follow Usa-chan. There, in her own Wonderland, her friends also make an appearance similar to Wonderland characters (ex: Tamaki as the Mad Hatter; Mori as the Dormouse), and she also meets her mother (who has died). She later wakes up to find it was all just a dream. In the original manga, both Tamaki, the twins, and Haruhi (although the previous two are re-scripted as the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat, respectively), take on the role of Alice to begin with, with Honey taking the form of the white rabbit and Mori appearing as the baby.Chessur appears in the attraction Alice in Wonderland Maze in Shanghai Disneyland, China. Guests are able to find him in the maze if they choose the right path, and then witness him floating before their eyes, then disappearing in clouds of smoke—all while he offers amusing advice. Chessur appears in the video game adaptations of the film. He is a playable character in all the three versions of the game, the Wii, PC and DS. His main ability is invisibility, in which he makes targeted objects hidden or reveals invisible objects. Stephen Fry reprises his role from the film.