The Queen of Broken Hearts
Countless readers consider the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland , as a bloodthirsty ruler, randomly and aimlessly “cutting people’s heads off”. The secret tale behind the Queen’s motives are buried deep within her card of hearts; hidden by the cruel King of Hearts and his army of Heartless soldiers. The muddled narrative Lewis Carroll portrays omits the heart wrenching story of a young girl, aged 17, losing her entire family and true love as demand and punishment for declining the King of Heart’s request for marriage. Years before she becomes Queen, Anne Beatrice, is merely a girl from a noble family with a noble title. Intelligent, witty, and humorous, the virtuous young lady was indeed a catch for any man but certainly a young king. Henry Hearts, then aged 20, requested the Anne’s hand in marriage. Unfortunately, Anne was courting another man and had no desire to marry the King nor become Queen. After several polite refusals, Anne adamantly declared she would never ma...