Through the Looking-Glass (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- First Published: 1871
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: The dreamworld of Alice
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Fantasy
- Subjects: Girls, Maturation or coming of age, Children, Traveling or travelers, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Other worlds, Dreams, Cats, Reality, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fantasy, Imagination, Comedy, Pretensions, Animals, Games, Chess or chess players, Mirrors or lenses
- Locales: Dreamscape, Godstow, England, Wonderland (mythic)
Characters Discussed
Alice, an imaginative English child who has fantastic adventures in Looking-Glass House.
The White Kitten, a good kitten who is not responsible for Alice’s adventures.
The Black Kitten, who is told by Alice to pretend that they can go through the mirror to Looking-Glass House.
Dinah, the kittens’ mother.
The White Queen, a live chess piece. In Alice’s adventures, she becomes a sheep, gives Alice some needles, and tells the little girl to knit. She reappears throughout the story in various guises.
The White King, a...
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