Through the Looking-Glass Character Analysis

Alice

The seven-and-a-half-year-old protagonist. Alice is a happy child, if a lonely one; the novel opens with her talking to her cats, Dinah, Snowdrop, and Kitty, and she's the only human who appears… read analysis of Alice

The White Queen

One of the queens in Looking-glass World. Alice finds her extremely perplexing and not particularly queen-like. She spends the entire novel in a state of disarray, as she cannot keep track of her shawl and… read analysis of The White Queen

The Red Queen

A snappy and authoritative queen in Looking-glass World. As a queen, she can move all around the chessboard quickly. Alice greatly admires the Red Queen at first, and tries her best to follow all of… read analysis of The Red Queen

Humpty Dumpty

The egg-shaped individual from the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." He sits high on a wall when Alice meets him. Humpty Dumpty is rude, imperious, and self-important. He insists that he can make words mean whatever… read analysis of Humpty Dumpty

The White King

The White King is a quiet and nervous king. Because he's a king, he's not very mobile on the chessboard, so Alice meets him in the house, when he's still the size of a chess… read analysis of The White King

The White Knight

A gentle but foolish older knight. Like all knights, he constantly falls off his horse and onto his head, though he assures Alice that he's a skilled rider. In addition to being a knight, the… read analysis of The White Knight

The Gnat

The Gnat is, at first, a small voice in Alice's ear on the train, but it becomes the size of a chicken in the Fourth Square. The Gnat is a fan of bad jokes… read analysis of The Gnat

Haigha

One of the White King's messengers. He is, according to the White King, an Anglo-Saxon messenger, and therefore exhibits Anglo-Saxon "attitudes"—that is, he dances oddly while he moves. Alice begins reciting an alphabet game… read analysis of Haigha

Tweedledee

One of the twins that Alice meets in the Fourth Square. He and his brother, Tweedledum, are fat and in most ways, are identical in appearance and manner. Tweedledee recites "The Walrus and the… read analysis of Tweedledee

Tweedledum

One of the twins that Alice meets in the Fourth Square. He and his brother, Tweedledee, are fat and in most ways, are identical in appearance and manner. Tweedledum is quick to anger and… read analysis of Tweedledum

The Unicorn

A pompous and self-important unicorn in the Sixth Square who spends his time fighting with the Lion for the White King's crown. He likes bragging about his fighting prowess and making the White King… read analysis of The Unicorn

Hatta

One of the White King's messengers. When Alice and the reader meet Hatta, he recently got out of jail and is still sad about it. He cries, sips tea, and is silent unless he… read analysis of Hatta

The Fawn

A young fawn that travels through the forest in which travelers forget all nouns, including their names. Alice and the Fawn get through the forest together but on the other side, the Fawn remembers who… read analysis of The Fawn

The Sheep

The White Queen turns into the Sheep in the Fifth Square. The Sheep is elderly and knits with 14 pairs of knitting needles at once. She continues to knit and shouts rowing terms as Alice… read analysis of The Sheep

Minor Characters

Snowdrop

Alice's white kitten. Dinah is giving her a bath when Alice falls asleep. She appears as the White Queen while Alice is dreaming in Looking-glass World, and Alice reasons that the White Queen is so disheveled in Looking-glass World because Snowdrop is bathing in the real world.

Kitty

Alice's black kitten. She finished with her bath just before the novel begins and so amuses herself by playing with Alice's ball of yarn. In Alice's dream Kitty appears as the Red Queen. Kitty is far more mischievous than her sibling, Snowdrop.

The Red King

The Red King spends the entirety of the novel asleep and snoring. Tweedledee and Tweedledum suggest to Alice that she's actually in the Red King's dream and that if they wake him up, Alice will disappear.

The Lion

A sleepy lion in the Sixth Square who spends his days fighting with the Unicorn for the White King's crown. He's easily annoyed and is always willing to start a fight with the Unicorn.

The Red Knight

The Red Knight fights the White Knight for Alice and loses. Like the White Knight, the Red Knight cannot stay on his horse for more than a minute or two.

The Pudding

A plum cake served at Alice's dinner party. Alice cuts a piece, even though it's not polite to do so after being introduced to the cake, so the Pudding chastises Alice.

Lily

A white pawn and the White Queen's baby daughter. Because she's too young to play chess, Alice takes her place as a pawn.

Tiger-Lily

A lily in the garden outside of Looking-glass House that rudely tells Alice that Alice isn't a very pretty flower.

The Guard

The guard on the train between Second Square and Fourth Square. He hassles Alice for a ticket, which she doesn't have.

The Frog

An elderly frog who wears a yellow suit and rain boots. He gruffly scolds Alice for picking on the door to the hall in which her dinner party is taking place.

The Mutton

A roast served at Alice's dinner party that, because the Red Queen introduced it to Alice, Alice cannot carve and serve.

Dinah

Alice's adult cat. She takes her time bathing her kittens, Snowdrop and Kitty.

The Rose

A rude flower in the garden outside of Looking-glass House.