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Post by friendofvfd on Mar 20, 2012 18:59:31 GMT -5
Is she a red-head or dark brunette? In some pictures/drawings she has dark brunette hair, but then in others she has red hair. The Helquist drawing in TAA right before chapter one, (American edition) has a drawing of what appears to be Carmelita standing in front of the school's motto and she looks like she has black hair (of course it's a black and white drawing, so it's hard to tell what Helquist was really going for, but still); in others even in color I've seen her with very dark hair, but then in others it's red. But which is it? Which one is suppose to be her "real" hair color?
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Post by csc on Mar 20, 2012 20:22:09 GMT -5
I've always pictured her as a red-head.
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Post by friendofvfd on Mar 20, 2012 21:37:35 GMT -5
"I've always pictured her as a red-head."
But is that what she is originally suppose to be? It's kind of funny actually, because of the Helquist drawing I've mentioned, ever since she was brought into the storyline I always picture her as having very dark brunette, almost black hair. I can't get that imagine out of my head, that's how I've always seen her as. But does anyone know what she was suppose to be? I'm just curious.
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Post by Sophie Baudelaire on Mar 20, 2012 21:59:36 GMT -5
Hmm. Well, Snicket never really specified in the books what she really looked like. I always pictured her with auburn hair. It seems that Helquist did too.
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Post by Invisible on Mar 21, 2012 9:03:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I imagine her to be red-headed as well.
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Post by Dante on Mar 21, 2012 9:05:57 GMT -5
She has red hair on the covers of both the U.S. and U.K. editions of TAA (different images, both drawn by Helquist), and presumably the Chapter One image of Carmelita is an attempt to render her red hair colour in monochrome. I doubt that her hair colour is specified in the book (in fact, I'm sure it isn't); Handler doesn't usually describe his characters' physical characteristics.
So the answer to your question is either "red" or "no colour."
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Post by B. on Mar 21, 2012 11:17:21 GMT -5
I think one of the great things about Snicket's characters is that they are never described in great detail, giving readers the chance to imagine, and in a way "become closer" to the character. Rather unimaginatively, I too have always pictured Carmelita as a red head. But she has the personality of someone who wouldn't be adverse to dying her hair some unnatural colours.
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Post by Seymour Glass on Mar 21, 2012 11:29:42 GMT -5
I think she's definitely a red-head.
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Post by Groge on Mar 21, 2012 12:23:07 GMT -5
Red head on the cover = red head to me!  |
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Post by friendofvfd on Mar 21, 2012 13:07:07 GMT -5
Wow, well Dante it wasn't until you said that her picture is on the COVER of TAA that now I can see her hair is quite red. I'ts funny but I never once noticed it until you mentioned it. Her picture is quite small so that's probably why. I've just always been so focused on the Baudelaire's and Vice Principal Nero, since they obviously stand out.
And to Brunch, I definitely agree, that the great thing about Handler is that he never really describes what any of the characters look like. And I actually prefer that. Like you said it gives readers a chance to make the characters into our own imagination.
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Post by Sophie Baudelaire on Mar 21, 2012 13:37:48 GMT -5
I agree. I think the lack of description just makes the description stronger, in a way. Like in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, how Hyde is described by most characters as disturbingly deformed and ugly, but never described in detail. It lets the reader imagine him in the most dramatic way possible.
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Post by Dante on Mar 21, 2012 13:58:58 GMT -5
Wow, well Dante it wasn't until you said that her picture is on the COVER of TAA that now I can see her hair is quite red. I'ts funny but I never once noticed it until you mentioned it. Her picture is quite small so that's probably why. I've just always been so focused on the Baudelaire's and Vice Principal Nero, since they obviously stand out. I live in the U.K., and of course had the editions published there, and on our TAA then there's no excuse for missing Carmelita:  So I've always been very aware of her as red-haired. |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 21, 2012 14:07:45 GMT -5
I pictured her as black-headed for a very long time (thanks to the black-and-white frontispiece) until I saw the version of TAA pictured above, which was still only recently, everything taken into consideration.
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Post by colette on Mar 31, 2012 0:55:36 GMT -5
I imagine Carmelita with read hair, too, but with straight, not curly like on the cover.
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