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Who Are You?
The Hatter
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
Known For:
Speaking nonsense and asking riddles which have no answer. Frustrating tea party guests with his rudeness.
Description:
Wears a large hat. Frequently seen drinking tea and eating bread with butter. Usually in the company of the March Hare and Dormouse.
Last Appearance:
Rushing out of the courtroom without his shoes during the trial of the Knave of Hearts, trying to evade execution.
Did You Know:
John Tenniel may have based his illustration of the Hatter on an eccentric Oxford furniture dealer, Theophilus Carter, who always wore a top hat.
The tag on the Hatter's hat is a price tag, displaying the price: 10 shillings and 6 pence.
He is never actually called the Mad Hatter in Carroll's text. It is the Cheshire Cat who tells Alice that the March Hare and the Hatter are "both mad."
Lewis Carroll never intended for the Hatter's riddle to have an answer. However, he later pointed out a "fairly appropriate" answer to be:
"Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!" |