
The Queen is believed by some to be a caricature of Queen Victoria, with elements of reality that Dodgson felt correctly would make her at once instantly recognizable to parents reading the story to children, and also fantastical enough to make her unrecognizable to children. She is just one of the many obstacles that Alice has to encounter on the journey, but unlike other obstacles, she makes a higher potential threat. Modern portrayals in popular culture usually let her play the role of a villain because of the menace the character exemplifies, but in the book she does not fill that purpose. In the final chapters, the Queen sentences Alice again (for defending the Knave of Hearts), and she offers a bizarre approach towards justice: sentence before the verdict. The Gryphon tells Alice, "It's all her fancy: she executes nobody, you know." Nevertheless, all creatures in Wonderland fear the Queen. The King of Hearts quietly pardons many of his subjects when the Queen is not looking (although this did not seem to be the case with The Duchess), and her soldiers humor her but do not carry out her orders. The Queen's soldiers act as the arches (or hoops) on the croquet grounds, but have to leave off being arches every time the Queen has an executioner drag away the victim, so that, by the end of the game in the story, the only players that remain are the Queen herself, the King, and Alice.ĭespite the frequency of death sentences, it would appear few people are actually beheaded.

This is presumably with the aim that the birds' blunt beaks should strike, but, as Alice observes, it is complicated by the fact that they keep looking back up at the players- as well as the hedgehogs' tendency to scuttle away without waiting to be hit. One of the Queen's hobbies – besides ordering executions – is croquet however, it is Wonderland croquet, where the balls are live hedgehogs and the mallets are flamingoes. 'Off with his head!' she said, without even looking around. The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. Generally, however, as we are told by Carroll: She is deterred by her comparatively moderate husband by being reminded that Alice is only a child. The Queen then becomes frustrated and commands that her head be severed. When the Queen arrives, along with the King and their ten children, and asks Alice who is lying on the ground (since the backs of all playing cards look alike), Alice tells her that she does not know. They drop to the ground face down at the approach of the Queen of Hearts, whom Alice has never met.

The Queen of Hearts is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Queen of hearts trial#
Queen of Hearts is one of the few characters in the game who has a different musical theme from the other characters in her franchise collection when she is unlocked/level up.John Tenniel's illustration of the King and Queen of Hearts at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.ĭisney's Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).Players needed to have progressed to the " Welcome a Mad Monarch" quest to receive the promotion. Players were able to purchase Queen of Hearts as part of the " Queen of Hearts Bundle" during A Merry Unbirthday Event 2017.
Queen of hearts update#
Queen of Hearts was added to the Alice in Wonderland Chest since Peter Pan Hotfix Update on 6th February 2018.Queen of Hearts was added to the Magical Chests for The Tower Challenge (Nightmare Before Christmas) Event 2018.Queen of Hearts was added to the Ruby Chests for Halloween 2018.Queen of Hearts was added to the Sapphire Chests for Halloween 2019.Queen of Hearts was added to the Sapphire Chests for Halloween 2020.Queen of Hearts was added to the Spooky Chests for Halloween 2021.See the complete list of characters that have been used during TCs. Queen of Hearts was used in 4 chapters in 4 Tower Challenges.
