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The series I believe started out as a story featuring Peter, then became a play, then a book, Peter and Wendy, then the play was published, then the film etcetc..
In all that, what was the first appearance of the crocodile..?

2006-09-27 06:38:25 · 2 answers · asked by Thomas F 2 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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"In Barrie's play and novel, Hook kidnaps Wendy, the girl who loves Peter and who Peter views as his surrogate mother, and challenges the boy to a final duel. When Hook is beaten Peter Pan kicks him overboard to the open jaws of the waiting crocidile below. Just before dying, however, he takes a final jab at Peter by taunting him about his "bad form". Peter, with the callousness of youth, quickly forgets Hook and finds a new nemesis, but as Hook made a stronger impression on the public, most sequels brought him back one way or another.
The symbolism of Peter Pan's fight with Captain Hook (traditionally played by the same actor as Wendy's father in the play), combined with Hook's fear of time in the form of the ticking crocodile, possibly hints at Jungian subtext."

2006-09-27 07:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0 0

In J M Barrie's Peter Pan the crocodile first appears in........the ocean. Then he leaped onto a rock and slept for awhile. then he got back into the water. later on, he appears on land, chasing Hook around. he then gives up and goes back the way he came.
Hope this clears things up.

2006-09-27 15:23:52 · answer #2 · answered by lordsojourno 2 · 0 0

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