# Alice — Through the Looking-Glass character guide > Alice in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. **Role:** major **Also known as:** poor Alice, Queen Alice, Queen Alice IX **First appearance:** 0003-i-looking-glass-house ## Snapshot A practical, courteous child who climbs through a mirror into a chessboard world and must manage every conversation herself. ## Who they are Alice arrives in Looking-Glass House as an outsider who can see and lift the chessmen no one else notices, then finds herself cast as a White Pawn in a game she barely understands. Her politeness and stubborn good sense clash with queens who live backward, flowers that shout, and twins who insist she is only a figment of a sleeping king's dream. Her willingness to keep asking questions and correcting crooked shawls is what carries the story forward. ## Relationships ### [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/humpty_dumpty) _rivalry_ Humpty Dumpty is condescending and argumentative toward Alice, engaging in a battle of wits and words. ### [Tweedledum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/tweedledum) _social_ Alice encounters Tweedledum as part of a confusing and slightly menacing duo who recite poems and challenge her perceptions. ### [Kitty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/kitty) _friendship_ Alice has a loving, playful relationship with her kitten Kitty, who serves as her companion and foil in the looking-glass world. ### [Tweedledee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/tweedledee) _social_ Alice interacts with Tweedledee as an identical counterpart to Tweedledum, sharing in their confusing and slightly threatening antics. ### [Lily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/lily) _social_ Alice meets the timid Lily, a flower who is easily frightened and speaks in a delicate, childish manner. ### [Hatta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/hatta) _social_ Alice meets Hatta, the Mad Hatter in the looking-glass world, who is subdued and formal compared to his original version. ### [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/humpty_dumpty) _rivalry_ Humpty Dumpty is condescending and argumentative toward Alice, engaging in a battle of wits and words. ### [Tweedledum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/tweedledum) _social_ Alice encounters Tweedledum as part of a confusing and slightly menacing duo who recite poems and challenge her perceptions. ### [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/humpty_dumpty) _rivalry_ Humpty Dumpty is condescending and argumentative toward Alice, engaging in a battle of wits and words. ### [Tweedledum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/tweedledum) _social_ Alice encounters Tweedledum as part of a confusing and slightly menacing duo who recite poems and challenge her perceptions. ### [Kitty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/kitty) _friendship_ Alice has a loving, playful relationship with her kitten Kitty, who serves as her companion and foil in the looking-glass world. ### [Tweedledee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/characters/tweedledee) _social_ Alice interacts with Tweedledee as an identical counterpart to Tweedledum, sharing in their confusing and slightly threatening antics. ## In the story ### [The Chess Game](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/the-chess-game) White Pawn who progresses through the chessboard, ultimately becoming Queen. ### [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/epigraph) Addressed indirectly as the 'child of the pure unclouded brow' and 'melancholy maiden' who will listen to the fairy-tale. ### [Through the Looking-Glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/through-the-looking-glass) The protagonist who passes through the looking-glass and begins her adventure in the reversed world. ### [Looking-Glass House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/i-looking-glass-house) Enters the looking-glass world, interacts with living chess pieces, and reads 'Jabberwocky'. ### [II: The Garden of Live Flowers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/ii-the-garden-of-live-flowers) Alice explores the garden, talks with the flowers, and meets the Red Queen, who instructs her in the rules of the chessboard world. ### [Looking-Glass Insects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/iii-looking-glass-insects) Alice travels through the looking-glass country, encounters strange insects, rides a train, and forgets her name in the wood. ### [Tweedledum and Tweedledee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/iv-tweedledum-and-tweedledee) Alice is confused and indignant as the twins challenge her reality, but she maintains her composure and tries to reason with them. ### [Wool and Water](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/v-wool-and-water) Helps the White Queen with her shawl and hair, questions the logic of living backwards, and rows a boat in a dreamlike shop. ### [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/vi-humpty-dumpty) Alice meets Humpty Dumpty and engages in a philosophical discussion about language and meaning. ### [The Lion and the Unicorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/vii-the-lion-and-the-unicorn) Alice interacts with the Lion, Unicorn, and King, is called 'the Monster,' and flees across a brook when the drums begin. ### [VIII: “It’s My Own Invention”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/viii-it-s-my-own-invention) Alice questions whether she is part of the Red King's dream, is claimed as a prisoner by the Knights, and is escorted by the White Knight. ### [Queen Alice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/ix-queen-alice) Alice assumes the role of Queen, undergoes a nonsensical examination, and hosts a chaotic dinner party. ### [Shaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/x-shaking) Alice shakes the Red Queen, causing her transformation into a kitten. ### [XI: Waking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/xi-waking) Wakes from her dream and reflects on the experience. ### [Which Dreamed It?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/xii-which-dreamed-it) Alice wakes from her dream and interacts with her kittens, reflecting on her adventures and the nature of reality. ### [A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/a-boat-beneath-a-sunny-sky) The central figure of the poem, remembered as a haunting, dreamlike presence. ### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations) Depicted in multiple illustrations: as a pawn, passing through the glass, meeting the Red Queen, riding the railway, helping the White Queen, and crowned as Queen Alice. ## 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