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Tweedledee
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 becomes incensed when he discovers that Tweedledee broke his favorite new rattle. He insists that they duel over it and forces Alice to help both of them put on pillows, rugs, and linens as armor.
Tweedledum Quotes in Through the Looking-Glass
The Through the Looking-Glass quotes below are all either spoken by Tweedledum or refer to Tweedledum. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee
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Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them first, for fear of hurting the other one's feelings; so, as the best way out of the difficulty, she took hold of both hands at once: the next moment they were dancing round in a ring.
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"I like the Walrus best," said Alice: "because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters.
"He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said Tweedledee. "You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn't count how many he took: contrariwise."
"That was mean!" Alice said indignantly. "Then I like the Carpenter best—if he didn't eat so many as the Walrus."
"But he ate as many as he could get," said Tweedledum.
This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice began, "Well! They were both very unpleasant characters—"
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"Well, it's no use your talking about waking him," said Tweedledum, "when you're only one of the things in his dream. You know very well you're not real."
"I am real!" said Alice, and began to cry.
"You wo'n't make yourself a bit realler by crying, Tweedledee remarked: "there's nothing to cry about." [...]
"I know they're talking nonsense," Alice thought to herself: "and it's foolish to cry about it."
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Tweedledum Quotes in Through the Looking-Glass
The Through the Looking-Glass quotes below are all either spoken by Tweedledum or refer to Tweedledum. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Quotes
Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them first, for fear of hurting the other one's feelings; so, as the best way out of the difficulty, she took hold of both hands at once: the next moment they were dancing round in a ring.
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"I like the Walrus best," said Alice: "because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters.
"He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said Tweedledee. "You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn't count how many he took: contrariwise."
"That was mean!" Alice said indignantly. "Then I like the Carpenter best—if he didn't eat so many as the Walrus."
"But he ate as many as he could get," said Tweedledum.
This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice began, "Well! They were both very unpleasant characters—"
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"Well, it's no use your talking about waking him," said Tweedledum, "when you're only one of the things in his dream. You know very well you're not real."
"I am real!" said Alice, and began to cry.
"You wo'n't make yourself a bit realler by crying, Tweedledee remarked: "there's nothing to cry about." [...]
"I know they're talking nonsense," Alice thought to herself: "and it's foolish to cry about it."
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