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Alice in Wonderland vs Alice through the Looking
Glass

 

Alice Through the Looking Glass

 

Plot Overview

 

Alice ponders what the world is like on the other
side of a mirror, and to her surprise, is able to
pass through to experience the alternate world.
She discovers a book with looking-glass
poetry, "Jabberwocky," which she can read only by
holding it up to a mirror. Upon leaving the
house, she enters a garden, where the flowers
speak to her and mistake her for a flower. There,
Alice also meets the Red Queen, who offers a
throne to Alice if she just moves to the eighth
rank in a chess match. Alice is placed as the
White Queen's pawn, and begins the game by taking
a train to the fourth rank, since pawns in chess
can move two spaces on the first move.

Red King snoring, by John TennielShe then meets
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, of whom she knows from the famous nursery rhyme. After reciting to her
the long poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter," the
two proceed to act out the events of their own
poem. Alice continues on to meet the White Queen,
who is very absent- minded and later transforms
into a sheep.The following chapter details her meeting with Humpty Dumpty, who explains to her the meaning
of "Jabberwocky," before his inevitable fall from
the wall. This is followed by an encounter with
the Lion and the Unicorn, who again proceed to
act out a nursery rhyme. She is then rescued from
the Red Knight by the White Knight, who many
consider to be a representation of Lewis Carroll
himself. He repeatedly falls off his horse, which
is probably a reference to the L- shaped move
knights make in chess.At this point, she reaches the eight rank and becomes a queen, and by capturing the Red Queen, puts the Red King (who has remained stationary throughout the book) into checkmate. She then awakes from her dream (if it had been a dream),
and blames her black kitten (the white kitten was
wholly innocent) for the mischief caused by the
story. The two kittens are the children of Dinah,
Alice's cat in the first book.

 

Character List

 

Alice - The seven- and-a-half-year-old protagonist
of the story. Alice's dream leads to her
adventures in Looking-Glass World. Alice has set
perceptions of the world and becomes frustrated
when Looking-Glass World challenges those
perceptions. Alice has good intentions, but has
trouble befriending any of the creatures that
populate Looking-Glass World.

 

Red Queen - A domineering, officious woman who
brings Alice into the chess game. The Red Queen
is civil but unpleasant, hounding Alice about her
lack of etiquette and general knowledge.

 

White Queen - An untidy, disorderly mess of a
woman. The White Queen explains the properties of
Looking- Glass World, including the reversal of
time and the need to believe in the impossible.

 

Red King - The sleeping King. Tweedledum and
Tweedledee tell Alice that she is not real and
exists only as part of the Red King¡¯s dream.

 

White King - The White King sends his horses and
men after Humpty Dumpty after his fall. The White
King takes words literally. He is completely
helpless and is terrified of the Lion and the
Unicorn.

 

White Knight - A kind and noble companion who
rescues Alice from the Red Knight and leads her
to the final square. The White Knight is old with
shaggy hair, pale blue eyes, and a gentle face.
He is an eccentric who has invented many bizarre
contraptions.

 

Humpty Dumpty - A contemptuous, egg-like man
based on the nursery rhyme character.
Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall and treats Alice
rudely. He explains the meaning of ¡°

Jabberwocky to Alice but changes the meanings of words.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee -  A pair of identical
little fat men dressed as schoolboys. Tweedledum
and Tweedledee get along well and finish each
other¡¯s thoughts, but wind up fighting each
other
over a broken rattle.

 

Unicorn - A mythical beast that resembles a horse
with a long horn. The Unicorn battles the Lion.
The Unicorn believes Alice to be a monster and
tells Alice that he will believe in her if she
agrees to believe in him.

 

The Lion - The Lion does battle with the Unicorn
in the town. The Lion¡¯s actions imitate Alice¡¯s
nursery rhyme about the Lion and the Unicorn.

 

Haigha and Hatta -   The White King¡¯s messengers.
Haigha is the March Hare and Hatta is the Mad
Hatter from Alice¡¯s Adventures in Wonderland.
Their madness is under control in this story.

 

The Sheep - An old shopkeeper. The Sheep is
cranky and rude to Alice. The White Queen
transforms into the Sheep.

 

The Gnat - Alice¡¯s companion on the train and in
the wood. The Gnat grows from normal insect size
to become as large as a chicken. He points out
potential puns and wordplay to Alice and always
seems to be sad.

 

The Fawn - Alice¡¯s companion through her travels
through the wood, where she forgets the names of
things. The Fawn is beautiful but runs away when
it realizes that Alice is a human and might pose
a threat.

 

The Red Knight - A knight who attempts to capture
Alice. The Red Knight is captured by the White
Knight.

 

The Tiger-lily - A talking flower. The Tiger-lily
speaks civilly to Alice and has some authority
over the other flowers.

 

The Rose - A talking flower that speaks rudely to
Alice.

 

The Violet - A talking flower that also speaks
rudely to Alice.

The Daisies - Talking flowers. The Daisies are
extremely chatty and only quiet down when Alice
threatens to pick them.

 

Lily - The White Queen¡¯s daughter. Alice takes
Lily¡¯s place as the White Pawn in the chess
game.

 

The Goat - A passenger on the train with Alice.

 

The man in white paper -  A passenger on the
train with Alice

 

Alice In Wonderland

 

Plot Summary

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland tells the story
of Alice, a young girl who follows the White
Rabbit down a rabbit hole. At the bottom, she
finds herself in a room with a tiny door and a
bottle labeled "drink me." She grows and shrinks
depending on what she eats and drinks, and as a
small version of herself, finds herself swimming
in a pool of tears. Swimming to shore, Alice and
some other creatures decide that "'the best thing
to get us dry would be a Caucus-race'" (26).
Alice continues to chase the White Rabbit and the
White Rabbit sends her into his house for his fan
and gloves. Once in the house, Alice gets into
more trouble with an unlabeled bottle, quickly
growing too big to move. The White Rabbit and
Bill the Lizard try to get her out, and Alice
only escapes by eating some small cakes. She runs
into the woods and meets a hookah-smoking
Caterpillar, who gives her some advice on ways to
grow bigger and smaller. Next, she stops at the
house of the Duchess with a pig for a baby; the
pig escapes, and Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for
help. Directed on to the March Hare's house,
Alice takes part in the Mad Tea Party, perhaps
the most famous scene in the book. Alice moves on
to the Queen's croquet ground, where she
encounters the Queen of Hearts and tries to play
croquet with a flamingo and a hedgehog. Next,
Alice encounters a Mock Turtle and a Gryphon, who
tell her the story of the lobster quadrille. The
book closes with a trial on the case of the
stolen tarts, as the Queen accuses the Knave of
Hearts. Alice is accused also, and she scatters
the attacking cards, only to find herself awake
on the river bank where the book began.

 

Major Characters

A

lice: A little girl, probably 7 years old. She
has an amazing dream about changing size and
meeting various strange creatures underground in
Wonderland. Alice is curious, intelligent,
trusting, and ready to accept the impossible. She
can be quite bold; additionally, she tends to
take herself seriously and sometimes has a rather
quick temper.

 

White Rabbit: A rabbit wearing a waistcoat and
pocket watch scampers past Alice at the beginning
of the story. Alice follows the White Rabbit into
Wonderland. The Rabbit is rather timid and
nervous. He meets Alice again at his house and at
the Queen's croquet- grounds where he serves as
the herald at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.

 

Caterpillar : A large, blue, hookah- smoking
caterpillar. He treats Alice with contempt and
makes her angry, but he helps her to grow to the
height she wants to be by telling her about the
special properties of the mushroom he sits on.

 

Duchess: Hideously ugly in the illustrations by
John Tenniel, the Duchess is hostile when she
first meets Alice, but quite pleasant later on.
The Duchess believes that everything has a moral,
and she speaks in moralizing clichøK

 

Cheshire Cat: The Duchess' perpetually grinning
cat. The cat speaks to Alice, but not to anyone
else in the story. He informs Alice that he is
insane. The Cheshire Cat can disappear and
reappear suddenly, he can disappear very slowly,
and he can appear as just a floating head. 'Grins
like a Cheshire cat' was a common saying in
England when Alice was written.

 

March Hare: A hare who lives in a house shaped
like a hare's head. The Mad Tea Party is held on
his lawn. At the trial, he contradicts the
evidence presented by the Mad Hatter. At the time
Alice meets him, he has been mad for two months.
Alice doesn't care for him. In Carroll's
time, 'Mad as a march hare' was a common phrase
alluding to the frenzied behavior of hares in
March, their mating season.

 

Mad Hatter: A hatter who continually has tea with
the March Hare and the Dormouse because for him
it is always six o'clock (tea-time). He quickly
offends Alice. Two months before meeting Alice,
he gave a concert for the Queen that ended badly.
He is called as a witness at the trial of the
Knave of Hearts. 'Mad as a hatter' was also a
common expression in 19th century England,
probably because many hatters did go mad from
exposure to mercury, which was used in the
process of making felt hats.

 

Queen of Hearts: The savage, domineering queen
whose realm includes the garden. She is literally
a playing card. She constantly issues orders to
behead someone or other. Alice doesn't like her
at all. The Queen sends Alice to meet the Gryphon
and the Mock Turtle. At the trial, the Knave of
Hearts is accused of stealing her tarts.

 

Mock Turtle: The Mock Turtle is always sad and
depressed, and usually he's sighing or sobbing.

He used to be a real turtle, but now he's a mock
turtle, which, as the Queen explains, is what
mock turtle soup is made from. (Mock turtle soup
is imitation green turtle soup and is often made
from veal-hence John Tenniel's illustration of a
turtle with a calf's head and hooves.) The Mock
Turtle loves to reminisce about his schooldays,
and he teaches Alice the Lobster Quadrille.

 

Gryphon: A gryphon is a mythical monster, part
lion and part eagle. This Gryphon takes Alice to
meet the Mock Turtle and then ushers her off to
the trial. He is amused by the illusions of other
characters. He speaks in a Cockney accent and,
like many of the other characters, he loves puns.
Like the Mock Turtle, he is nostalgic about his
days at school and he joins in the Lobster
Quadrille.

 

Minor Characters

 

Alice's sister: Alice's older sister, who reads a
book without illustrations or dialogue while
sitting on the bank with Alice at the beginning
of the book. Alice falls asleep with her head in
her sister's lap and has the dream about
Wonderland. When Alice awakes, she tells her
sister about her dream, and the book closes with
her sister daydreaming about what Alice will be
like as a grown-up.

 

Dinah: Alice's cat. Dinah never actually appears
in Alice, but as Alice has her adventures she
often misses Dinah or talks about her.

 

Mouse: A French mouse who falls into the pool of
Alice's tears. He is easily offended. He tells
Alice his tale, which appears in Alice printed in
the shape of a tail.

 

Mary Ann: The White Rabbit's maid. She never
actually appears, but at one point the Rabbit
mistakes Alice for Mary Ann.

 

Bill the Lizard: A hapless, somewhat stupid
lizard. He first appears in the story when Alice,
having grown huge, is blocking all of the
entrances to the White Rabbit's house-the Rabbit
sends Bill down the chimney, but Alice kicks him
back out. Bill is also one of the jurors at the
trial, where Alice takes away his chalk and
accidentally stuffs him upside- down into the jury
box.

 

Pig- Baby: The Duchess' ugly, squealing baby boy.
Alice takes him from the Duchess to take care of
him, but she lets him go when he actually turns
into a pig before her eyes.

 

Cook: The Duchess' belligerent, violent cook.
When Alice first sees her, she is making soup and
using so much pepper that it fills the air of the
Duchess' house. The cook is a hostile witness at
the Knave's trial.

 

Dormouse: A guest at the Mad Tea Party. The
Dormouse is always either asleep or falling
asleep, despite the efforts of the Mad Hatter and
the March Hare to keep him awake. The Dormouse
tells Alice a story about three little girls in a
treacle well. He appears again at the trial of
the Knave of Hearts. (Dormice are nocturnal,
hibernating rodents found in Europe and Britain.
The word 'dormouse' is derived from the Latin
dormire, which means 'to sleep.')

Three Gardeners: Three playing cards in the
service of the Queen of Hearts. They are spades-
numbers Two, Five, and Seven-who paint white
roses red in an effort to cover up their mistake
of planting the wrong kind of rose tree. They are
placed under a sentence of execution by the
Queen.

 

King of Hearts: Kinder than his wife, the King of
Hearts quietly pardons everyone who has been
sentenced to death when the Queen leaves the
croquet grounds. He serves as the judge at the
Knave's trial, although he doesn't seem to know

much about court proceedings.

Knave of Hearts: In the King and Queen's court
processions, the Knave serves as a crown- bearer.
He is tried for stealing tarts made by the Queen.
Despite reasonable efforts to prove himself
innocent, the King and the court are determined
to pronounce him guilty.