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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- Looking-Glass Courtiers
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Closing
Alice reaches her emotional and psychological peak here as she confronts the literal embodiment of a nursery-r…
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