There are many bright and memorable characters in literature. One of them is the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland by English author Lewis Carroll. For the first time this slightly crazy beast appeared in chapter 6 "Pig and Pepper". Many people immediately fell in love with the character thanks to the many unusual and wise sayings that he constantly shared with Alice and readers.
The literary work was created back in 1865. This means that not so long ago, the Cheshire Wise Cat celebrated its 150th anniversary. Despite this, the work "Alice in Wonderland" does not lose its popularity, and the Cheshire Cat is still of interest to readers of all ages. They are trying to analyze his phrases and find their application in real life.
Character description
In the book by Lewis Carroll, it is said that the Cheshire Cat is a constantly smiling creature that quickly disappears or appears at will. Also, the cat is given the ability to teleport. Sometimes he disappears, and his smile continues to "hang" in the air. In other cases, only the eyes of the Cheshire Cat remain, and its head and body are not visible. All the "transformations" of the beast were portrayed in great detail by Disney animators.
Many people remember the appearance of the hero by the character that was presented in the Disney cartoon of 1951. In this picture, the artists presented the Cheshire Cat with a peculiar appearance - he has a striped body, a pair of crazy yellow eyes and a wide smile.
From the film, the viewer can also remember some of the aphorisms of the character. We are given to understand that the Cheshire cat is partly a philosopher, occupying Alice and other characters with his complicated phrases.
Character quotes
The Cheshire Cat produces memorable sayings:
"He who seeks will always find ... If he seeks correctly."
"Joy and bondage do not coexist under the same roof."
"Everyone in our world is crazy."
"Unwise does not mean ignorant."
These and other wisdom of the character can be found by looking into the work of Lewis Carroll or by watching the film of the same name. What does each of them mean? You can talk about their meaning for a long time, but everyone understands the meaning in their own way.
Where did the character come from
The big mystery: who is the Cheshire Cat, and where did it come from? However, the answer to it can be found in real history. In the summer of 1862, English professor Charles Dodgson went on a picnic with two friends. One of them took three daughters with him to the countryside. The people around Charles Dodgson knew that he can and loves to tell incredible stories. Therefore, he was asked to compose a story to entertain the company.
A cat that displays abilities unusual for an animal can talk, smile and slowly dissolve in space, so that in the end there is only one smile that hangs in the air. Also knows how to teleport. She entertains the main character, Alice, with conversations, and at times annoys her with philosophical fabrications.
Creation history and image
In the original version of the tale of Alice, the Cheshire Cat was not. The hero first appears in 1865. The image of the Cheshire Cat grows out of the English proverb "grin like a Cheshire cat" in the meaning of "sardonically grinning." There are two versions of where this expression came from, and why it influenced the formation of the image of the Cat in Carroll.
Carroll hails from Cheshire, where pictures of smiling cats adorned over the doors of the taverns. In theory, these painted animals were supposed to be noble lions and leopards that bared their mouths. But in the English county, few people were lucky enough to see a real lion, so these images were more reminiscent of ordinary domestic cats with an uncharacteristic expression of the muzzle for a feline. And this image was familiar to the writer from childhood.
Another explanation connects the origin of the image of the Cheshire Cat with the famous cheeses that were made in the county of Cheshire. It is believed that these cheeses were shaped like the head of a smiling cat.
Based on the films, a computer game has been released where you can play as the Cheshire Cat. There, the hero has the ability to hide things and, conversely, make the hidden visible.
In Burton's first film, the Cheshire Cat and Alice attend the Mad Tea Party, where the Hatter and the March Hare tell the heroine about the "bloody witch" Red Queen, who staged terror in Wonderland. Later, the Cheshire Cat rescues the Hatter, who is about to be executed by beheading.
The cat replaces the Hatter on the block and disappears from under the falling ax at the last moment, after which it appears again - in the form of only one head hanging in the air. In the finale, the Cheshire Cat removes the crown from the head of the defeated Red Queen and gives it to the White Queen.
In 2013-2014, the American TV channel "ABC" aired the series "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" - a spin-off of the series "". There, the character looks like a sinister black cat with red eyes, but takes a neutral position. Voiced by Kota actor Keith David.
- The image of the Cheshire Cat was widely dispersed in culture, in particular in literature. Writers "borrowed" and played with it in their own way. For example, the author of the fantasy saga "The Witcher" has the story "Golden Afternoon", where the story is told from the perspective of the Cheshire Cat, and the Cat himself is depicted as a feline god and lord of cats.
- The image of the Cheshire Cat also appears in the book "Automatic Alice" by Jeff Noon, which explains how the hero manages to disappear and reappear.
- The character appears in the novels of the British writer Jasper Fforde. There, the Cheshire Cat serves as a librarian in the Great Library of the Bookworld.
- Some authors make the Cheshire Cat a negative character. The hero appears as such in the series of books "Through the Looking Glass" by Frank Beddora. There, the Cat is a cruel killer who looks like a terrible cat-like humanoid, but knows how to take the form of a black kitten. The character has nine lives, but the killer cat loses eight of them by the end of the first book.
- Another brutal version of the Cheshire Cat - tattooed, skinny and bony - appears in the video games American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns. There the character appears as a guide and companion of the playable character - Alice. The Cheshire Cat is depicted as a sadistic maniac with enormous razor-like claws in the Zenescope comics.
- in the series of novels "The Chronicles of Amber", among a huge number of existing worlds, he describes the universe of Carroll's Wonderland, where, among other inhabitants, the Cheshire Cat appears. There the hero becomes a specialist in magical knowledge.
Quotes
“What do I need madmen for? - said Alice.The Cheshire Cat is a character in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. He appeared in chapter six "Piglet and Pepper", immediately won the love and attention of readers, and his numerous statements turned into aphorisms: “Confidence and recklessness are two sides of the same coin”, “Few find a way out, some do not see it even if they find it, and many don’t even look for it”, “Serious attitude to anything in this world is a fatal mistake”, "You can shake my hand, I'm not proud!"
“Nothing can be done,” objected the Cat. “We're all out of our minds here — you and I.
- How do you know I'm out of my mind? - asked Alice.
- Of course, not in his, - answered the Cat. "Otherwise, how would you end up here?"
The cat is unusual for its smile, because animals, including cats, do not know how to smile
“Please tell me why your cat is smiling like that? -
Alice asked timidly. She didn't know if it was good for her to speak
first, but could not resist.
“Because,” said the Duchess. - This is a Cheshire cat -
that's why! Oh, you little pig!
She spoke the last words with such fury that Alice
jumped straight up. But she immediately realized that this did not apply to
her, but to the baby, and continued with determination:
- I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always smile. By
to tell the truth, I didn’t know that cats can smile at all.
“They know how,” answered the Duchess. “And almost everyone is smiling.
“I haven’t seen a single cat like that,” she said politely.
Alice, very pleased that the conversation is going so well.
`` You haven't seen much, '' snapped the Duchess.
exactly! "
He considers himself out of his mind
« Nothing can be done, - objected the Cat. - We are not all here
in your mind - you and me.
- How do you know I'm out of my mind? - asked
Alice.
- Of course, not in his, - answered the Cat. - Otherwise, how would you
ended up here?
This argument struck Alice as not convincing at all, but she
did not argue, but only asked:
- How do you know that you are out of your mind?
- Let's start with the fact that the dog is in his mind. Agree?
“Let's say,” agreed Alice.
- Further, - said the Cat. - The dog grumbles when he is angry, but
when satisfied, wags its tail. Well, I grumble when I'm happy
and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore, I am out of my mind
mind.
“In my opinion, you’re not grumbling, but purring,” objected Alice.
“Anyway, that's what I call it.
- Call it what you want, - answered the Cat. - The bottom line is not
is changing "
He knows how to disappear and reappear
“Do you play croquet at the Queen’s house today?
- I would very much like to, - said Alice, - but I still
not invited.
- Then until evening, - said the Cat and disappeared.
Alice was not very surprised at this - she had already begun to get used to
to all sorts of oddities. She stood and looked at the branch where
the cat was just sitting, when suddenly he appeared again on the same
location.
- By the way, what happened to the child? - said the cat. - At all
I forgot to ask you.
- He turned into a pig, - answered Alice, and with an eye
without blinking.
- I thought so, - said the Cat and disappeared again.
Alice waited a little, if he would appear again, but he did not
appeared, and she went to where, according to him, Martovsky lived
Hare.
- I have already seen the hat masters, - she said about
yourself - the March Hare, in my opinion, is much more interesting. Besides
now it is May - perhaps he has already come to his senses a little.
Then she looked up and saw the Cat again.
- How did you say: a pig or a gosling? - asked the Cat.
- I said: into a pig, - answered Alice. - And you
can you disappear and appear less suddenly? And then I have
head is spinning.
- Okay, - said the Cat and disappeared - this time very
slowly. The tip of his tail disappeared first, and the last -
smile; she hovered in the air for a long time, when everything else was already
gone.
- Y-yes! - thought Alice. - I saw cats without a smile,
but a smile without a cat! I have never met anything like this in my life. "
He is wise
“A few steps away from her, a Cheshire Cat was sitting on a branch. Seeing Alice, the Cat only smiled. He looked good-natured, but his claws were long and there were so many teeth that Alice immediately realized that it was bad jokes with him.
- Kitty! Cheshik! - Alice began timidly. She didn't know if he would like the name, but he only smiled wider in return.
- Nothing, - thought Alice, - it seems satisfied.
Aloud she asked:
- Tell me, please, where should I go from here?
- Where do you want to go? - answered the Cat.
- I don't care ... - said Alice.
- Then it doesn't matter where you go, - said the Cat.
“… Just to get somewhere,” Alice explained.
- You will definitely get somewhere, - said the Cat. "You just need to walk long enough."
Why, among all the other heroes of Carroll's fairy tale (March Hare, White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Frog), has the Cheshire Cat acquired particular popularity? Probably from the weakness that people have for cats. After all, it is no accident that Bulgakov made the cat Behemoth one of the cutest characters.
"Alice in Wonderland"
The tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is liked not only by children, but also by adults. The work belongs to the English writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll, whose real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
Unlike most authors, Carroll did not build any schemes and plot lines, the story about the journey began by itself. On one occasion, the author was traveling along the river with his friend Henry Lydell and his three daughters, including Alice Lydell. A ten-year-old girl asked the writer to tell some interesting story. It was then that the image of the main heroine of the tale of the traveler Alice was born. The story impressed the audience so much that the girls asked to record it. The next day, Lewis Carroll began writing a literary work.
Thanks to the original plot and non-standard form of presentation, the journey of the main character Alice is of interest to linguists, logicians, mathematicians and philosophers. The first critical reviews were negative, and only decades later did the readership recognize that it was in the “madness” of the book that its real value lies. The famous fairy tale about Alice is replete with philosophical sayings, knowing which you can always give your interlocutor valuable advice.
Everything is as always - what a disgrace!
It's good at least as always, not worse!)
I've already seen the hat masters. The March Hare, in my opinion, is much more interesting. In addition, it is now May - perhaps he has already come to his senses a little.
At least I sincerely hope so ...
Do not be sad. Sooner or later, everything will become clear, everything will fall into place and line up in a single beautiful pattern, like lace. It will become clear why everything was needed, because everything will be correct.
You just need to wait a little.
I don’t understand how he can ever finish, since he’s not going to start.
And he is unlikely to ever be going to start.
Now, for example, I was desperate for two hours ... with jam and sweet buns.
Everyone would be so desperate)
You can't do what you can't.
And if you imagine for a moment what is possible?
Who needs a head without shoulders?
And the shoulders without a head are somehow not very good.
Don't grunt. Express your thoughts differently!
More human, if you can.
Curiouser and curiouser! Everything is more wonderful and more wonderful! Everything is more curious and curious! Stranger and stranger Everything is wondering and wondering!
Cheshire Cat Quotes
Any adventure has to start somewhere ... corny, but even here it is true ...
True true.
I'm not crazy, it's just that my reality is different from yours.
As not like everyone else, so immediately crazy. Maybe they are all crazy, not me.
Whichever way you look, you have to look in the right direction.
Where is this right direction?
The fact is that while you are small, you can see what is invisible to you large.
Don't rush to grow up.
I love psychos: only they understand the world around us, only with them can I find a common language.
No, I'm not crazy myself, I just love them.
Those who choose the hard way are called fools.
In life, a lot of things happen the other way around.
Confidence and recklessness are two sides of the same coin.
If you believe even the craziest thoughts, they can become reality.
Look, learn, act.
Learn first, and only then act.
Sometimes the reflection in the mirror is more real than the object itself.
The mirror won't lie.
At times, I see glimpses of real talent in her madness.
This is how real talent manifests itself most often.
Stupid does not mean ignorant.
Consider this.
You don't have to understand me. Be sure to love and feed on time.
Sometimes you can still iron.
Threats, promises, and good intentions - none of these are actions.
But faith is sometimes stronger than any action, although in its essence it is a complete inaction.
You have two choices: one will lead you to happiness, the other to madness. My advice to you is not to stumble.
Do you want to be happy?
Hatter quotes
To someone who is sane, I would hardly dream.
Draw your own conclusion ...
Nowadays everyone travels by rail, but hat transportation is much safer and more enjoyable.
The less you know, the easier it is to manage you.
A lot of knowledge will not allow others to manipulate you.
I admire you from top to bottom, then vice versa.
Beautiful, whatever one may say.
Why are you helping me?
- Do you need a reason to help a very nice girl in a very wet dress?
Smart and he will understand that you need to help, without any requests.
Bunny quotes
All would be fine, but here's the Duchess, Duchess! She will be furious if I am late! She will come exactly there!
Ah, if only She would be late, not me.
And this Duchess too! My little head is gone, and the skin is gone, and the antennae too! Write lost! She orders me to execute, there is no abyss for her!
The skin is the most pity.
You are a nuisance element. An unnecessary creature. If you do what you want, then you bring a lot of problems.
But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do what you want.
Other hero quotes
How do you think someone needs a child who doesn't think? Even in a joke there should be some thought, and a child, you must admit, is not a joke at all!
Everyone, even the smallest, should think.
The best way to explain is to do it yourself!
It will be much faster this way.
Who you are?
- I am the Blue Caterpillar.
- What are you doing here?
- Sitting. I smoke. I'm looking forward to a change.
Have a drink or something else, maybe the changes will come so quickly ?!
Who will you save when you are as tall as a hamster!
Growth is not the main thing.
So it is - I’ve lost my mind, lost my mind, went nuts! .. Let me tell you a secret: madmen are smarter than everyone.
The way it is.
Well done with us! You do it right! Always get off your sore head for a healthy one!
The main thing is not the other way around.
The book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" certainly has a very interesting and fascinating plot, which the directors could not pass by either. The last motion picture to date was filmed in 2010. In addition to the acting of the characters, animation is included, the film was shot in 3D.
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In our rational world, sometimes a drop of madness and a fairy tale are so lacking. And there is no one who knows this better than the Cheshire Cat.
site collected 25 of the wisest and at the same time the most insane thoughts of this "guide" to the magical worlds. Quotes are collected from the book by L. Carroll "Alice in Wonderland", the film of the same name by Tim Burton and the computer game American McGee's Alice.
- “Being serious about anything in this world is a fatal mistake.
- Is life serious?
- Oh yes, life is serious! But not really ... - I'm not crazy, it's just that my reality is different from yours.
- Whichever way you look, you have to look in the right direction.
- - But I do not want to get to the madmen at all.
- Well, here you can’t change anything - we are all crazy here: both me and you. - The fact is that while you are small, you can see what is invisible to you large.
- - Everything is possible in our world.
- Correction: in yours. In mine - everything is according to my rules.
- When someone's head is in the clouds, someone's heart gets wet.
- I love psychos: only they understand the world around us, only with them can I find a common language.
- When the road is a mystery, try to walk at random. Fly in the wind.
- Those who choose the hard way are called fools.
- Confidence and recklessness are two sides of the same coin.
- Look, learn, act.
- Sometimes the reflection in the mirror is more real than the object itself.
- At times, I see glimpses of real talent in her madness.
- Unintelligent does not mean ignorant.
- When miracles become delusions, the mind turns into madness.
- - How do you understand?
- It is not necessary to understand me. Be sure to love and feed on time. - It doesn't matter why the significant has become insignificant. It has become, and that's it.
- Guess the riddle: when does a croquet hammer look like a stun gun? The answer is obvious: whenever you want.
- - And what are those sounds, over there? - asked Alice.
“Oh, these are miracles,” the Cheshire Cat explained indifferently.
- And what are they doing there? - asked the girl.
“As expected,” the cat yawned. - Happens. - Threats, promises, and good intentions - none of these are actions.
- You have two choices: one will lead you to happiness, the other to madness. My advice to you is not to stumble.
- - Tell me, please, where should I go from here?
- Where do you want to go? - answered the Cat.
- I don't care ... - said Alice.
- Then it's all the same where to go, - said the Cat.
- If only to get somewhere, - Alice explained.
- You will definitely get somewhere, - said the Cat. - You just need to walk long enough. - Some do not see the way out, even if they do. Others are simply not looking.
- Talking about bloodshed at the table ruins my appetite.
- Collect whatever you find useful. Except for indifference and ignorance. And then you may be able to survive.
- Whoever says that there is nothing better for calming the nerves than a cup of tea has not actually tasted real tea. It's like a shot of adrenaline right in the heart.
- If the Cheshire Cat smiles, then someone needs it.
- - Where can I find someone normal?
- Nowhere, - answered the Cat, - there are no normal ones. After all, everyone is so different and unlike. And this, in my opinion, is normal.
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