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Through the Looking-Glass · Character

White King

A forgetful king who relies on his messengers Haigha and Hatta.

minor

Also known as The King, King

First appearance: Looking-Glass House

White King shows up with force in Looking-Glass House. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Struggles to climb the fender; Alice picks him up and dusts him; he writes in a memorandum book.
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In Looking-Glass House: Struggles to climb the fender; Alice picks him up and dusts him; he writes in a memorandum book. Later, in The Lion and the Unicorn: The King nervously mediates between the Lion and Unicorn,…

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15 connections

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ALAliceUNUnicornWQWhite QueenTWTweedledumHDHumpty DumptyWKWhite King

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Looking-Glass Courtiers
  • Protagonist
  • Dream Transformations

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

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • 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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