<P> The Knave informs the Red Queen that Alice threatens her reign, and the soldiers and Bayard the Bloodhound are ordered to find Alice immediately . Meanwhile, the Cheshire Cat guides Alice to Thackery Earwicket the March Hare and Tarrant Hightopp the Mad Hatter . The Hatter helps Alice avoid capture by allowing himself to be seized instead . Later, Alice is found by Bayard the Bloodhound; but Alice insists upon helping the Hatter . At the Red Queen's citadel and palace (which is named Salazan Grum), the Red Queen is unaware of Alice's true identity and therefore welcomes her as a guest, named Um from Umbridge . Alice learns that the Vorpal sword, the only weapon capable of killing the Jabberwock, is locked inside the den of the Bandersnatch . The Knave attempts to seduce Alice, but she rebuffs him, causing a jealous Red Queen to order that Alice be beheaded . Alice obtains the sword and befriends the Bandersnatch by returning its eye . She then escapes on the back of the grateful Bandersnatch and delivers the sword to the White Queen . The Cheshire Cat saves the Hatter from the executioner, and the Hatter calls for rebellion against the Red Queen . The rebellion is quickly put down by the Jubjub bird, but the resistance flees to the White Queen's castle, and both armies prepare for battle . Former caterpillar Absolem advises Alice to fight the Jabberwocky just before completing his transformation into a pupa . </P> <P> On the appointed day, the White Queen and the Red Queen gather their armies on a chessboard - like battlefield and send Alice and the Jabberwocky to decide the battle in single combat . Encouraged by the advice of her late father, Alice fights the Jabberwocky among the ruins surrounding the battlefield and finally jumps from the remains of a spiral staircase onto the Jabberwocky's neck and beheads it . During this fight, a falling masonry stone kills the Jubjub bird . The White Queen banishes the Red Queen and the Knave into exile . After the Hatter performs a celebration dance called Futterwacken, the White Queen gives Alice a vial of the Jabberwocky's purple blood whose power will bring her whatever she wishes . She decides to rejoin the everyday world, after saying farewell to his friends (especially the Hatter). Back in England, Lord Ascot takes Alice as his apprentice with the idea of establishing oceanic trade routes to Hong Kong . As the story closes, Alice prepares to set off on a trading ship . A light - blue butterfly with dark vein markings lands on her shoulder, and Alice recognizes him as Absolem . </P> <Ul> <Li> Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh . When creating the character, screenwriter Linda Woolverton researched how young women were expected to behave in the Victorian era and then made her the opposite . Wasikowska read Carroll's books as a child and re-read them to prepare for her role . She also watched Jan Švankmajer's Alice . She said, "When we were kids, my mum would pop it in the VCR player . We would be disturbed, and wouldn't really understand it, but we couldn't look away because it was too intriguing . So I had kept that feeling about Alice, a kind of haunting feeling ." Although facing pressures to conform to society's expectations, Alice grows into a stronger - willed and empowered heroine who chooses her own path; Independent columnist Liz Hoggard praised Alice as a role model for girls, describing the character as "stubborn, brave, (and) non-girlie". Mairi Ella Challen portrayed Alice as a six - year - old girl . </Li> <Li> Johnny Depp as Tarrant Hightopp, The Mad Hatter . Wasikowska said that the characters, "both feel like outsiders and feel alone in their separate worlds, and have a special bond and friendship ." Burton explained that Depp "tried to find a grounding to the character...as opposed to just being mad ." Burton also said that, "In a lot of versions it's a very one - note kind of character and you know (Depp's) goal was to try and bring out a human side to the strangeness of the character ." The orange hair is an allusion to the mercury poisoning suffered by hatters who used mercury to cure felt; Depp believes that the character "was poisoned...and it was coming out through his hair, through his fingernails and eyes". Depp and Burton decided that the Hatter's clothes, skin, hair, personality and accent would change throughout the film to reflect his emotions . In an interview with Depp, the character was paralleled to "a mood ring, (as) his emotions are very close to the surface". The Hatter is "made up of different people and their extreme sides", with a gentle voice much like the character's creator Lewis Carroll reflecting the lighter personality and with a Scottish Glaswegian accent (which Depp modeled after Gregor Fisher's Rab C. Nesbitt character) reflecting a darker, more dangerous personality . Illusionary dancer David "Elsewhere" Bernal doubled for Depp during the "Futterwacken" sequence near the end of the film . </Li> <Li> Helena Bonham Carter as Iracebeth of Crims, the Red Queen . She is an amalgamation of two Carroll characters: the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts . Her first name is a play on the word irascible because she is easily irritated, obstreperous, impatient, and quick to anger . Bonham Carter's head was digitally increased to three times its original size on screen . The character hates animals, and chooses to use them as servants and furniture . It is implied that the Red Queen beheaded her former husband, the King . The actress took inspiration from her young daughter Nell, a toddler, stating that, "The Red Queen is just like a toddler, because she's got a big head and she's a tyrant ." </Li> <Li> Anne Hathaway as Mirana of Marmoreal, the White Queen . She was one of few characters that did not require digital manipulation . Hathaway summed up her character with a caption on a magnet of Happy Bunny holding a knife; "Cute but psycho . Things even out ." According to Hathaway, "She comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen . She really likes the dark side, but she's so scared of going too far into it that she's made everything appear very light and happy . But she's living in that place out of fear that she won't be able to control herself ." Hathaway described her interpretation of the White Queen as "a punk - rock vegan pacifist", with inspiration drawn from Debbie Harry, Greta Garbo, and the artwork of Dan Flavin . Burton said that the White Queen's appearance was inspired by Nigella Lawson . </Li> <Li> Crispin Glover played Ilosovic Stayne, the Knave of Hearts . The Knave of Hearts is arrogant and tricky . While he follows the Red Queen's every order, he is the only one capable of calming her dramatic mood swings . Glover said, "The Red Queen has a fair amount of short - tempered reactions to things that people do, and so (the Knave) has to be quite diplomatic ." The Red Queen believes that the Knave of Hearts is her lover, but this proves to be false . </Li> <Li> Matt Lucas portrayed both Tweedledee and Tweedledum . Burton commented on the mixture of animation and Lucas, saying that "It's a weird mixture of things which gives his characters the disturbing quality that they so richly deserve ." The characters are portrayed through a combination of CGI and live - action, with Lucas's face digitally composited to a full animated body . While performing the character, Lucas had to wear a teardrop - shaped motion capture suit and walk on stilts . In order to play both characters, Lucas was doubled by Ethan Cohn . </Li> <Li> Frances de la Tour as Imogene, Alice's aunt . She is suffering from severe delusions and is constantly awaiting her fictional fiancé whom she believes to be a prince . </Li> <Li> Leo Bill as Hamish Ascot, Alice's would - be fiancé . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh . When creating the character, screenwriter Linda Woolverton researched how young women were expected to behave in the Victorian era and then made her the opposite . Wasikowska read Carroll's books as a child and re-read them to prepare for her role . She also watched Jan Švankmajer's Alice . She said, "When we were kids, my mum would pop it in the VCR player . We would be disturbed, and wouldn't really understand it, but we couldn't look away because it was too intriguing . So I had kept that feeling about Alice, a kind of haunting feeling ." Although facing pressures to conform to society's expectations, Alice grows into a stronger - willed and empowered heroine who chooses her own path; Independent columnist Liz Hoggard praised Alice as a role model for girls, describing the character as "stubborn, brave, (and) non-girlie". Mairi Ella Challen portrayed Alice as a six - year - old girl . </Li>

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