Through the Looking-Glass · Character
Dinah
Alice's mother cat, mentioned as the mother of Kitty and Snowdrop.
minor
First appearance: Looking-Glass House
Dinah's tie to Kitty is one of the pressures that moves Through the Looking-Glass—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The old cat washing the white kitten's face.
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With Kitty (family): Dinah is Kitty's mother, a maternal figure mentioned as a fond but absent presence in the household. In Looking-Glass House: The old cat washing the white kitten's face. Later, in Which Dreamed…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Dream Transformations
- Protagonist
- Looking-Glass Courtiers
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Alice reaches her emotional and psychological peak here as she confronts the literal embodiment of a nursery-r…
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