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| − | The Crow is listed in ''Through the Looking-Glass''' dramatis personae as the '''Red King's bishop''',<ref>http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/books/2chess.html</ref> but [[Alice]] never encounters it over the course of the story. According to the rhyme, it is "black as a tar-barrel" and of a monstrous size. The Tweedle brothers are terrified of the Crow, and when the pair see [[the White Queen]]'s shawl being blown around by the wind at the end of Chapter |
+ | The Crow is listed in ''Through the Looking-Glass''' dramatis personae as the '''[[the Red King|Red King]]'s bishop''',<ref>http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/books/2chess.html</ref> but [[Alice]] never encounters it over the course of the story. According to the rhyme, it is "black as a tar-barrel" and of a monstrous size. The Tweedle brothers are terrified of the Crow, and when the pair see [[the White Queen]]'s shawl being blown around by the wind at the end of Chapter Four, they mistake it for the dread bird and flee through the woods. The [[Jubjub Bird]] in the [[Alice in Wonderland (2010)|2010 movie]] could be a reference to the crow since it frightened the tweedles and was black (albeit striped). |
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 15 August 2017
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The Crow is a fictional character from the novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. It is taken from the traditional English nursery rhyme, Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Description
The Crow is listed in Through the Looking-Glass' dramatis personae as the Red King's bishop,[1] but Alice never encounters it over the course of the story. According to the rhyme, it is "black as a tar-barrel" and of a monstrous size. The Tweedle brothers are terrified of the Crow, and when the pair see the White Queen's shawl being blown around by the wind at the end of Chapter Four, they mistake it for the dread bird and flee through the woods. The Jubjub Bird in the 2010 movie could be a reference to the crow since it frightened the tweedles and was black (albeit striped).
References
| ❖ Through The Looking-Glass Characters ❖ |
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Alice ❖ The Mad Hatter ❖ The Red Queen ❖ The Red King ❖ The Red Knight ❖ The White Queen ❖ The White King ❖ The White Knight ❖ The March Hare ❖ The Sheep ❖ Humpty Dumpty ❖ Tweedledum and Tweedledee ❖ The Lion and the Unicorn ❖ The Bandersnatch ❖ Jubjub Bird ❖ The Jabberwocky ❖ Kitty ❖ The Flowers ❖ The Aged Man ❖ Lily ❖ The Monstrous Crow ❖ The White Horse ❖ The Bread-and-Butterfly ❖ The Rocking-Horse-Fly ❖ Snap-Dragonfly ❖ The Gnat |