Through the Looking-Glass · Character

Gnat

A tiny insect who talks to Alice about looking-glass insects.

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Also known as the Gnat, The Gnat

Gnat shows up with force in Looking-Glass Insects. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The Gnat describes fantastical insects to Alice and discusses the inconvenience of losing one's name before sighing itself away.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Alice reaches her emotional and psychological peak here as she confronts the literal embodiment of a nursery-r…

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