Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Character
The Gryphon
A lion-eagle hybrid who drags Alice off to hear the Mock Turtle's sorrows and scolds her for asking questions any sensible creature should already know.
supporting
Also known as the Gryphon, The Gryphon, a Gryphon
First appearance: IX: The Mock Turtle’s Story
As a supporting figure in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Gryphon is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Accompanies Alice, introduces her to the Mock Turtle, and interjects during the story, defending the absurd school lessons.
He is the Mock Turtle's rough, impatient companion, urging him to "drive on, old fellow" and telling Alice to hold her tongue when she interrupts. He treats Wonderland's absurdities as common knowledge, and his casual contempt for Alice's ordinary curiosity is part of what makes her feel, again and again, like the only person in the room who doesn't know the rules. His presence turns the Mock Turtle's grief into a kind of performance the two of them share, half sympathy and half show.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Melancholy Mythical Beasts
- Protagonist
- Major Wonderland Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See The Gryphon in IX: The Mock Turtle’s Story