queen of hearts cards from alice in wonderland

#Queen of hearts cards from alice in wonderland series#

After becoming frustrated with whoever committed the crime, the Queen of Hearts simply sentences all three of her cards to death via decapitation (especially for having blamed each other instead of admitting their own parts).Īlice tries to plea for the cards, catching the Queen's attention. When the Queen arrives, she immediately notices the paint and interrogates the trio, though she doesn't notice Alice just yet. The three cards scramble in an attempt to quickly paint the roses and dispose of the evidence, but they are too late. She decides to help but they are soon interrupted when the Card Guards of the Queen of Hearts arrive, announcing that her majesty is underway. Similar to the book, Alice meets three cards painting the roses red, since they planted white roses by mistake. In the Disney animated feature, Alice in Wonderland, the Queen appears as Alice puts it, as a 'fat, pompous, bad-tempered old tyrant.' Her presence is all the more striking because of how tiny her husband is made to look in comparison to her. Atop the queen's head is a small, gold crown, signifying her authority. Beneath her gown are a pair of white bloomers with a heart pattern and she wears red heels on her feet. She dresses in a black-and-red gown with black-and-yellow stripes. She has fair skin, black eyes, and black hair tied in the back with a red headband. The obese Queen of Hearts has a massive physique (which, in turn, makes her physically powerful). With these facts in mind, it can be concluded that the King is the only person for whom the Queen has any knowledgeable care, interestingly. Though she clearly overpowers her husband, the King of Hearts, he appears to be the only resident in Wonderland to have any effect on her actions and opinions, to the point where he can cease (or at least, delay) a beheading, as seen a few times throughout the film. Most of all, at Alice's trial, when the White Rabbit is taking a long time to read all the charges, she snaps at him, 'Never mind all that! Get to the part where I lose my temper!' She says it with a sense of glee, twiddling her fingers giddily and with a tone of excitement in her voice, indicating that hearing about her outbursts is something she thoroughly enjoys. When she orders the beheading of the cards that painted her roses red, the crowd cheers, and she looks very pleased that she made this decision and that the crowd approves of it. She reminds Alice at one point, 'If I lose my temper, you lose your head,' indicating that she is fully aware of her power and wants everyone else to as well. The Queen of Hearts seems to enjoy her anger management problems in a way. Her immediate solution to every problem is beheading whether her roses have been planted white, she misses a shot in croquet or feels insulted in any way. Like any insane person, she has huge uncontrollable mood swings, from content to enraged at a moment's notice. She is very egotistical, as she likes to hear the words 'Yes, Your Majesty' and insists that 'All ways are my ways!' She is also shown to be a rather childish character, even in the face of Alice, as she is incredibly impatient, irrationally sensitive, prone to temper tantrums, and, as stated above, rather egotistical. All the residents of Wonderland are mad (insane) in some way, but the Queen of Hearts is the most dangerous of them all by being the ruler of the land. The Queen of Hearts has a very psychotic personality. The most frequent victims of this cruel practice are none other than her own card guards.

Those who upset the Queen in any way are immediately subjected to a gruesome death by beheading. She is known for her unruly and extremely fragile temper.

#Queen of hearts cards from alice in wonderland series#

The Queen resides in a nearly colorless kingdom surrounded by a series of maze-like hedges and guarded by an army of anthropomorphic card soldiers. She completely dominates her weak husband, the diminutive King of Hearts, who acts more like an advisor than a monarch.

According to the Cheshire Cat, all of Wonderland is under the Queen of Hearts's authority.