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Revision as of 21:50, 26 January 2020
| The Gryphon | |
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Real Name |
Gryphon |
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First Appearance |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) |
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Original Publisher |
Macmillan |
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Created by |
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (as "Lewis Carroll") |
Origin
The Gryphon appears to be somewhat overbearing and dismissive of the obsessions and dismays of other characters, such as the Mock Turtle's sorrow and the Queen of Hearts' executions, neither of which (according to the Gryphon) have any basis in fact. He speaks with a slightly ungrammatical Cockney-like accent and makes demands of the Mock Turtle, which are obeyed despite the latter creature's implicit objections. In addition, he is prone to making cough-like sounds written as "Hjckrrh!", which seem to have little meaning and may be involuntary.
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Gryphon features with the Mock Turtle in Chapter 9, "The Mock Turtle's Story", Chapter 10, "The Lobster Quadrille", and briefly at the start of Chapter 11, "Who Stole the Tarts?". The Gryphon was ordered by the Queen to take Alice to meet the Mock Turtle; this he did, and stayed with them for a long time, demanding that the Mock Turtle tell its history, as well as several poems. The two creatures go on to explain certain features of their world which are apparently nonsense to Alice, before Alice and the Gryphon are summoned to a criminal trial, leaving the Mock Turtle behind.
Public Domain Appearances
Book:
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- The Nursery "Alice"
- A New Alice in the Old Wonderland
Film:
- Alice in Wonderland (1915)
Notes
While the original character is in public domain, the version of the character used by Disney and other later adaptations published after 1923 are NOT in the public domain.