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Gender | Female |
Age | Unknown |
Hair Color | Red |
Eye Color | Red |
Address | Looking-Glass World |
Occupation(s) | Red Queen ♚ |
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Family | The White Queen (sister) Lily (niece) |
Relationships | The Red King (husband) |
Friends | The White Queen |
Enemies | Alice |
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Portrayer | Edna May Oliver (1933) Ann Jillian (1985) Helena Bonham Carter (2010) |
“Off with their heads!”
The Red Queen (also known as The Bloody Big Head and The Bloody Red Queen) is a fictional character from the novel Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. She is based upon the playing card of the same name. The Red Queen is played by Helena Bonham Carter in the 2010 movie.
Description
Iracebeth, a.k.a. The Red Queen, is quick to get angry, if things do not go the way she wants them do. She is merciless against her enemies and those who have betrayed her. She is also careless towards animals, as she treats them if they were inanimate objects. For example she has used a flamingo as a mallet and a hedgehog as a croquet ball.
Other Appearances
- The Red Queen appeared in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland film as an amalgam of the Queen of Hearts, the Duchess and herself. Her name was Iracebeth. She became signifigantly paranoid, going so far as to execute her husband through fear that he would leave her for her sister. When she has a decision to make, she twiddles her fingers about as she decides. She was portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter.
- In the novel series The Looking Glass Wars, she and the queen of hearts are re-imagined as Redd, the main antagonist and the aunt of Alyss.
- In the video game, American McGee's Alice, the Red Queen is the main antagonist and the final boss. She resembles in this game the darkest part of Alice. She took advantage of Alice's insanity and ruled Wonderland. By turning it into a twisted version of itself. She's mostly made out of limbs and tentacles. In Madness Returns she is left destroyed after Alice tok Wonderland out of her rule. She has a very important part in this game. And resmbles as Alice's older sister , Elizabeth Liddell.
- The Red Queen was portrayed by Edna May Oliver in the 1933 Paramount film version of Alice in Wonderland.
- In the 1951 movie when the flowers are singing - there is a red rose that resembles the Red Queen and it is the same with the white flower that resembles the White Queen.
Behind the Scenes
Chess Pieces
- Humpty Dumpty: Queen's Rook
- The Walrus: Queen's Bishop
- The Carpenter: Queen's Knight [1]
Gallery
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 |