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Role as a Character
The role of the mad hatter changes depending on the different interpretation of this character. The original book of Alice In Wounderland, depicted the mad hatter as a stand alone character, a true madman who fits the mad world around him. Lewis wanted this character to really break the meaning of sanity and to stray away from such a normal character. The characters role is to let the audience forget about the normal, he is constantly asking unanswerable questions and forces the audience to question the unknown entity that is time. Why is the raven like a writing desk I have no idea you see
Different Interpretations
Any character as famous and well known as the Madhatter is bound to have different interpretations or remixs of character. Each time this character has been made he has been changed sometimes drastically, sometimes they are subtle. The hatter has been remixed time and time again, in Tim burtons film he is one of the main roles throughout the film playing the love interest for alice In the television series SyFy miniseries, the hatter plays a very simular role, his appearance has changed drastically yet he still plays one of the key characters and again love interest for Alice One of the biggest remixs of the character is from a graphic novel called the looking glass wars, the hatter has experienced one of the biggest changes losing his insanity to be replaced by a main role hero character wielding daggers.
In 2013 Alices madness hit the world creating a completely new setting for Lewis Carols tale. In this much darker interpretation the mad hatter has been shown as one of the evil bosses that inhabits the game. Obsessed with clocks and drowning people in tea, this is a very drastic change from the original and an even bigger change from Tim burtons interpretation. Batman has also monopolised on this character making him one of the villains throughout the batman games the character is based on Lewis Carols interpretation
Character Archetypes
The term Archetypes came from a philologist called, Carl Gustav Jung, who developed the idea after looking into ancient Greek history. The idea that each character fits into a specific stereotype. The hatter would fall into the joker archetype. This archetype hasn't been broken in most of the remixs of the character, the only exception to this would be the graphic novel of the hourglass wars where the character could be argued to belong in the Hero archetypes. If you knew time as I do, you wouldn't talk about wasting it. I dare say you never spoke to him
Vass
Vass is one of the most recent insane characters, in recent games to date. A large amount of research was taken from the mad hatter to create this character Far cry 3 is filled with references between the mad hatter and Vass. Not in looks wise but personality wise you can see the clear similarity. He asks unanswerable questions and is constantly stuck talking to himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY_RV7la38Q Ever since the queen said I murdered time he wont do a thing I ask, its always six oclock now
Inspirations + Influences
Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood is a main inspiration and influence to this game because of all the work he has done in old western films e.g. the good, the bad, and the ugly. Clint's character in the film The Unforgiven is William (Bill) Munny. One of the main enemies is called Bill Williamson and looks very similar to Clint's character. Also visually outfits that Clint has worn are very similar to outfits you can wear in the game. In The good, the bad, and the ugly Clint wears a Poncho and when you go to Mexico in the game you unlock a very similar outfit. Javier Escuella is another main enemy and is very similar to the bad character in the film The good, the bad and the ugly played by Eli Wallach. Also the ugly character in the film resembles Dutch van der Linde who is the main enemy in game. So the games main enemies are all varied and are similar to the film The good, the bad, the ugly.
Inspirations + Influences
Ben Wade + Dan Evans 3:10 to Yuma Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) is very similar in ways to John Marston and resembles in look especially. Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is also very similar but more in personality then Ben Wade. Red Harlow Red Dead Revolver Red Harlow is the protagonist in Red Dead Revolver People have said that inspiration is taken from him to evolve John Marston. The back story is different but in visual concept they are very similar.
Bibliography
http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/John_Marston http://www.imdb.com/ Alice in wonderland Lewis Carol 1865 (novel) Through the looking glass 1871 (novel) Alice Adventures In wonderland 2010 (film) The looking glass wars 2006 (graphic Novel) Alice Madness Returns 2012 (Video Game) Alice and the country of hearts 2007 (manga) Alice Miniseries (Television)
Conclusion
We have looked at two very different characters one a strong willed family man, the other a raving lunatic who is obsessed with tea party's. Both these characters have gone through changes as different interpretations have come up. Some changes are just visual, where as others have changed the very definition of the character. This presentation was to show how characters change and evolve depending on how and who is telling the story.