Mary Ann, Cath’s maid and best friend, is practical yet hopeful and even the king showed multiple dimensions as he was doting, skaty and cowardly. Meanwhile, the surrounding characters in this tale are pleasingly well developed while maintaining Carol’s nonsensical themes: Hatter being determined and loyal, yet leaving his motives difficult to decipher.

This illusive love interest leaves the reader in turmoil as neither decision Cath can make appears correct.

His illusive motives, closed personality and constant shows make him difficult judge, presenting similar worries to the reader that Mary Ann voices: does Cath know the man she wants to run away with. Jest, the court joker and the male lead in Heartless, was difficult to guage. As Cath gradually becomes less tolerant, often pointed out by various characters voicing their perception of her and foreshadowing her future, her overall pleasant character leaves the lingering question in every readers mind as they await her decent into the bitter, vengeful Queen of Hearts. Cath’s innocent character slowly develops throughout Heartless from the dutiful daughter to a headstrong, rash lover, but this character development does not show much likeness to the foul women she is destined to become. This kind and generous character is what makes Heartless so intriguing as the reader is constantly guessing what horrible incident will occur that will turn Cath into the repugnant Queen of Hearts. From the delicate treats she bakes to her tolerance for belittling friends she is nothing but a delight to everyone she meets. “ But hoping,” he said, “is how the impossible can be possible after all.Ĭath’s character is frustratingly likable. While Cath ponders throwing her life away for the man she loves or staying and dutifully marrying the charmless king panic rages over Hearts as attacks by a fearsome Jabewock become ever more frequent. But when she stumbles into this new role, falling for the court joker mere minutes after the king has decided to make Cath his queen she is left trapped between the life she wants and the one she’s supposed to have. Lady Catherine Pinkerton of Rock Turtle Cove is many things: exceptional baker, begrudging cat owner, dutiful daughter, king’s favourite, hopeless dreamer. The story no-one knows is how the Queen of Hearts, that manic, angry ruler, came to be so cruel. Everyone knows Alice Wonderland: the ageless children’s classic written by Lewis Carol about young Alice falling through a rabbit hole, encountering a plethora of unusual characters at the Mad Hatters tea party, stumbling into Cheshire the disappearing cat, nearly being beheaded by the savage Queen of Hearts before finally escaping Wonderland.

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