Knave of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

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Knave of Hearts
Alice character
Queen of Hearts.jpg
John Tenniel's illustration of the trial of the Knave of Hearts, with the King a
nd Queen of Hearts above.
First appearance Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Created by Lewis Carroll
Portrayed by Crispin Glover (Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland)
Paul McGillion (Once Upon a Time)
Michael Socha (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
Information
Nickname(s) Jack of Hearts
Species Human
Gender Male
Occupation Knave
Nationality Wonderland
The Knave of Hearts is a character from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderlan
d by Lewis Carroll.
Contents [hide]
1 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2 The Knave in adaptations
2.1 Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
2.2 Once Upon a Time
2.3 Television
3 References
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland[edit]
The Knave of Hearts is mentioned first in chapter 8, and later in chapters 11 an
d 12, which deal with his trial for a tart burglary in which the King of Hearts
presides as judge. Alice eventually defends the Knave after the evidence becomes
increasingly absurd and she is called as a witness.
The White Rabbit announces the charges as:
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
And took them quite away!
The Knave rarely speaks during the trial. The Mad Hatter is called to give evide
nce but spends his entire time being nervous in front of the King and Queen of H
earts, and the Duchess's cook is summoned to tell the court what tarts are made
of. Neither is a convincing witness, and the Knave does not provide the King of
Hearts with a very good self-defense. He denies he wrote a letter that mysteriou
sly appears in the court, but that he already knows isn't signed.
Fortunately for him, Alice diverts the attention of the court by growing ever an
d ever larger and arguing more and more, lastly with the Queen over the concept
of "sentence first verdict afterwards". Before a verdict can be reached for the Kn
ave's innocence or guilt, Alice reaches full size and forcefulness, and then cal
ls them "nothing but a pack of cards". They attack her, ending the trial.
It is believed by some people[1] that since Sir John Tenniel's illustration of t
he scene in chapter 12 has the Knave with small club outline shapes on his blous
e, the ultimate nonsense is that the King and the Queen do not even have the cor
rect person standing trial, this isn't the Knave of Hearts at all, and whoever i
t is unwilling to clarify the matter. However, this would also suppose Alice, th
e White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and everyone else missed it as well, and that Car
roll inserted an unintroduced character. After calling him "the Knave of Hearts"
twice in chapter 8, the rest of the chapter simply refers to him as "the Knave"
. The only other non-heart card characters in the book are the three gardeners (
drawn as spades), the ten soldiers (described and drawn as clubs), and the ten c
ourtiers (described as diamonds). For other illustrations involving the Knave, t
he original art by Carroll for chapter 12 and the chapter 8 drawing by both Carr
oll and Tenniel show no markings.[2][3]
The Knave in adaptations[edit]
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland[edit]
Ilosovic Stayne
KnaveofHearts2010.jpg
First appearance Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Created by Lewis Carroll
Portrayed by Crispin Glover
Information
Nickname(s) Knave of Hearts
Gender Male
Occupation Knave
Nationality Wonderland
Crispin Glover played the Knave of Hearts in the Tim Burton film Alice in Wonder
land.
His real name is given as Ilosovic Stayne.
In the film, the relationship between the Knave and the Red Queen serves more as
the Knave being the Queen's personal assassin. However, much like the other ser
vants of the Queen, Stayne secretly hates her though he plays on her insecuritie
s to secure his position.
During the fight between the Red Queen's army and the White Queen's, the Knave o
f Hearts fights against the Mad Hatter. After the Jabberwocky is slain by Alice,
Stayne is also exiled to Outland with the Red Queen. He tries to kill the Red Q
ueen only to be thwarted by Mad Hatter. As both of them are dragged to their exi
le, the Red Queen shouted "He tried to kill me" while the Knave of Hearts begged
the White Queen to kill him.
He is also a major villain in the video game adaptation of the film and the seco
nd boss.
In the sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass, the Knave's skeleton is seen impl
ying that he got his wish to die.
Once Upon a Time[edit]
The Knave of Hearts appears in two episodes of Once Upon a Time: the season one
episode "Hat Trick" and the season two episode "Queen of Hearts" where he is pla
yed by Paul McGillion. He takes the White Rabbit's place as the herald of the Qu
een of Hearts, who to mask her identity communicates with him by whispering thro
ugh a horn.
An earlier Knave of Hearts appears in the show's spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wo
nderland where he is played by Michael Socha. This interpretation of the Knave w
as taken by the Evil Queen's curse to Storybrooke, Maine. At some point after th
e curse on the town is broken, the White Rabbitto rescue Alice. His heart was pr
eviously removed by Cora (the Queen of Hearts, also the miller's daughter from R
umpelstiltskin and the mother of the Evil Queen) and was retrieved by Alice duri
ng her earlier adventures in Wonderland. The Knave of Hearts is also revealed to
be Will Scarlet, who absconded to Wonderland with a woman named Anastasia who b
ecame the Red Queen.
Television[edit]
In Syfy's original miniseries Alice, the Knave, played by Philip Winchester, is
reimagined as Jack Heart (playing on the fact that "knaves" are now called "jack
s"), the son of Mary Elizabeth Heart, a reimagining of both the Queen of Hearts
and the Red Queen. Jack is the heir to the throne of Wonderland, but escaped to
the "real" world to avoid marrying the Duchess. He eventually fell in love with
his martial arts instructor, Alice, and was kidnapped by Agent White of the Whit
e Rabbits, prompting Alice to enter Wonderland to find him.
In the anime and manga series Pandora Hearts, the knave is reimagined as Jack Ve
ssalius. A character who while initially presented as a hero; was later revealed
to be the mastermind behind the majority of the conflict in the story including
Alice's murder due to his insane love for Lacie who was based on the Red Queen
to be reunited. This was foreshadowed by the fact that the word "knave" means an
 untrustworthy person it also means male servant referencing his loyalty for Lac
ie.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ A Case of Mistaken Identity by John Tufail
Jump up ^ Tenniel illustrated ebook Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Jump up ^ Carroll illustrated ebook Alice's Adventures Under Ground
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