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Jabberwocky Breakdown
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JABBERWOCKY Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Environment Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Father describing creature to son "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" Son entering forest in determination and planning quest He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. Arrival of creature and description And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! Son striking beast down and bringing back his head to prove his victory One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. Father asks has the creature been slain and celebrate "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Transcript of Jabberwocky Breakdown
JABBERWOCKY
Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Environment Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Father describing creature to son "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" Son entering forest in determination and planning quest
He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought --So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. Arrival of creature and description
And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!
Son striking beast down and bringing back his head to prove his victory
One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. Father asks has the creature been slain and celebrate
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; Repetition of first verseAll mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
brillig Bryllyg (derived from the verb to bryl or broil). The time of broiling dinner, i.e., the close of the afternoon.
slithy Slythy (compounded of slimy and lithe). Smooth and active.
tove Tove, a species of badger. They had smooth white hair, long hind legs, and short horns like a stag; lived chiefly on cheese. "Toves" should be pronounced to rhyme with "groves".
gyre Gyre, verb (derived from gyaour or giaour, 'a dog'). To scratch like a dog.
gimble Gymble (whence gimblet). To screw out holes in anything.
wabe Wabe (derived from the verb to swab or soak). The side of a hill (from its being soaked by the rain.)
mimsy Mimsy (whence mimserable and miserable.) Unhappy.
borogoves Borogove'o'. An extinct kind of parrot. They had no wings, beaks turned up, and made their nests under sundails; lived on veal.
The first 'o' in 'borogoves' is pronounced like the 'o' in 'worry'. The word is commonly mispronounced as "borogroves". . . and this misspelling even appears in some American editions of the book.
JubJub bird – a dangerious creature bird – like
frumious is a combination of "fuming and furious"
tum-tum was a common phase in Carrols time. It is the sound of a monotonously strummed stringed instrument.
uffish Carrol wrote a child friend that "uffish" suggested to him "a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish."
snicker-snack "snickersnee" means to fight with a knife.
galumphing a combination of "gallop" and "triumphant".
beamish a variant of "beaming" callooh Two forms of the greek word "kalos" are pronounced "callooh" and "callay". Kalos means "beautiful" or "good".
chortled a combination of "chuckle and snort".
mome, our expert thinks, means they lost their way.
rath, again according to Humpty, is a sort of green pig.
outgrabe is something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle.
bandersnatch an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
vorpal deadly
manxome fearsome
whiffling
1. to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
2. to shift about; vacillate; be fickle.
frabjous fabulous and joyful; delightful
Characters
Maximum of three
May get away with two: The son and Jabberwocky
Environment
Forest
Trees described as instrument – like
Narration
Voice over of original text?
Updated words ?
Maybe none of the words but actual dialogue?
Directions so far
Futuristic/ more fantasy based
A creation made by man, now man has been sent to destroy it, a connection to man-made idea
Creature looks demonic so could have a religious connection e.g. a person killing own demons
Creature (natural or material made) vs. human or good creature (natural or material made)
Target Audience
Aim for older teens – young adults
