White_Knight_(Through_the_Looking-Glass)

White Knight (<i>Through the Looking-Glass)</i>

White Knight (Through the Looking-Glass)

Fictional character in "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll

The White Knight is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass. He represents the chess piece of the same name. As imagined in John Tenniel's illustrations for the Alice stories, he is inspired by Albrecht Dürer's 1513 engraving "Knight, Death and the Devil."[1]

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Storyline

The White Knight saves Alice from his opponent (the Red Knight). He repeatedly falls off his horse and lands on his head, and tells Alice of his inventions, which consists of things such as a pudding with ingredients like blotting paper, an upside down container, and anklets to guard his horse against shark bites. He recites a poem of his own composition, 'A-Sitting on a Gate', (but the song's name is called 'Haddocks' Eyes') and he and Alice depart.

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References

  1. [1]
    Hancher, Michael (2019). The Tenniel Illustrations to the "Alice" Books (2nd ed.). Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. pp. 94–5. ISBN 978-0814214114.


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