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Lisanne van der Oort
Ross Bullen
Children’s Literature 001
6 March 2018
The significance of the addition and omission of characters in the original novel Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland versus the 1951 film adaptation
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll was published in 1865 and
includes a set of characters that differs from the characters included in the 1951 movie
Alice in Wonderland by Walt Disney
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The distinction of characters between Carroll’s novel and
Disney’s movie is a conscious decision made for the sake of three intentions
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In addition, the characters in the novel appear to
convey specific morals that are different from the overall morals and message the movie
discloses
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Disney’s 1951 film adaptation Alice in Wonderland is seemingly more suited for
younger children and family audiences than Carroll’s novel, which is targeted for
audiences including children and adults alike
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For instance, a general observation
from the film adaptation is that Alice is slightly more reserved and cautious
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Already at the beginning of Alice’s journey through Wonderland, the character of the
doorknob is added to the movie while in the novel, the doorknob is an ordinary
inanimate object
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Not long after this event in the film, she meets
characters Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the silly, hyperactive, whimsical dancing and
singing twins
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They add an unambiguous sense of childish excitement to the scene
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These include the caterpillar
character smoking shisha and producing colourful smoke taking on visually interesting
shapes and transforming into a butterfly at the end of the scene, while he slowly crawls
away in the novel
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These are
also adapted from Through the Looking Glass and add an appealing scene for young
children distinct to the film adaptation
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This can
also be seen in the rather colourful background scenes that accurately capture the mood
of Wonderland
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The Mocking Turtle’s weeping

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and singing of nonsensical songs does in fact not seem to be very suitable for the rest of
the movie
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The characters in Disney’s 1951 film adaptation make for a different overall moral
of the story than that of Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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He does
this for instance by having the characters Alice meets in Wonderland constantly exclaim
nonsensical things, and by poking fun of the modern literature at that time – the novel
seems to suggest that language is meaningless through its many puns and play on
words
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This can be seen in the ways Alice experiences physical and
psychological changes: she keeps growing and shrinking uncontrollably and questioning
who she is
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The ugly Duchess whom Alice stumbles upon in the novel has masculine
features, causing her to resemble an old man
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Already
when Alice arrives at the house of the Duchess, the scene exists of pure chaos, with the
cook throwing knives and other kitchen utensils over her shoulder and filling the air
with pepper, and the baby of the Duchess screaming
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This could represent the bad consequences of Alice as a mother or

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Alice being sexually active
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Alice’s second encounter with the Duchess is even more uneasy, due to the Duchess
acting quite invasive with Alice, squeezing herself up very close to Alice’s side and
resting her chin on her shoulder
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The seemingly phallic object may
pose a threat to the very creepy Duchess whom young girls should obviously watch out
for
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The characters interact with Alice in different ways in the novel and the film, in
the sense that they are more helpful and guide her through her journey in the movie and
Alice finds her own way through Wonderland in the novel
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For
example, when Alice breaks down crying she wants to go home, the Chesire cat appears
and shows her the way
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The character Dinah is included in the movie as opposed to the novel
and points out the white rabbit at the very beginning
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To conclude, Alice uses the knowledge she has gained
throughout her adventures and takes control of her own faith in the novel while she is
more dependent on the other characters to get where she needs to be in the movie
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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, Broadview Editions, 2011
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“Alice in Wonderland (1951) Watch Online
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2014
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“Disney's Cinematic Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
(1951)
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2015
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” Alice-inWonderland
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Wu, Eric
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” Prezi
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2011
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” Alice in Wonderland
Wiki

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