# Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Character guide

> Key figures in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

- [Alice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/alice.md): The curious young girl who follows the White Rabbit down a hole and finds herself in the fantastical and confusing world of Wonderland.
- [The White Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/white_rabbit.md): A harried, waistcoat-wearing rabbit who is late for an appointment with the Duchess; his initial appearance sparks Alice's adventure.
- [The Cheshire Cat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/cheshire_cat.md): A mysterious, grinning cat known for his ability to appear and disappear at will, often offering Alice puzzling philosophical remarks.
- [The Mad Hatter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/mad_hatter.md): A quirky and perpetually tea-obsessed host of the never-ending tea party, known for his riddles and arguments with time.
- [The March Hare](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/march_hare.md): The Hatter's companion at the chaotic tea party, who is just as mad and is notably rude when Alice attempts to join them.
- [The Dormouse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/dormouse.md): A sleepy mouse who is a guest at the Mad Tea Party, frequently nodding off and telling a nonsensical story about three sisters in a treacle well.
- [The Caterpillar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/caterpillar.md): A blue, hookah-smoking insect who gives Alice cryptic advice and questions her identity, leading to her experimentation with size-changing mushrooms.
- [The Queen of Hearts](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/queen_of_hearts.md): The tyrannical and short-tempered ruler of Wonderland, famous for her frequent cries of 'Off with their heads!' during croquet games and trials.
- [The Knave of Hearts](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/knave_of_hearts.md): A card servant accused of stealing the Queen's tarts, whose trial becomes a central event in the latter part of Alice's adventures.
- [The Mock Turtle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/mock_turtle.md): A melancholy, part-calf, part-turtle creature who weeps as he recounts his education and performs dances like the Lobster Quadrille for Alice.
- [The Gryphon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/gryphon.md): A part-eagle, part-lion creature who escorts Alice to the Mock Turtle and listens with amusement to the Turtle's sorrowful stories.
- [The Duchess](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/duchess.md): A noblewoman initially encountered in a chaotic kitchen who later appears at the croquet ground, offering Alice moral lessons that are often absurd.
- [The Mouse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/mouse.md): A wet and irritable mouse Alice meets in the Pool of Tears, who attempts to dry the company by telling a dry history lesson.
- [The Dodo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/dodo.md): A solemn bird who presides over the Caucus-Race to get everyone dry after the Pool of Tears, declaring all participants winners.
- [The Lory](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/lory.md): A parrot-like bird who argues with Alice about age and authority during the gathering of wet creatures after the Pool of Tears.
- [The Eaglet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/eaglet.md): A young eagle present with the other birds after the Pool of Tears, who joins in the general bickering about stories and drying off.
- [Bill the Lizard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/bill_the_lizard.md): A hapless lizard employed by the White Rabbit, famously sent down the chimney to investigate Alice's giant-sized presence in the Rabbit's house.
- [The Pigeon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/pigeon.md): A bird who mistakes Alice's elongated neck for a serpent and angrily defends her eggs from what she believes is a predatory threat.
- [The Cook](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/cook.md): The Duchess's violent kitchen servant who throws pots and pans and uses excessive pepper, causing chaos in the household.
- [The King of Hearts](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/king_of_hearts.md): The somewhat gentler but ineffectual consort to the Queen, who acts as judge during the trial of the Knave of Hearts.
- [Dinah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/dinah.md): Alice's beloved pet cat back in the real world, whom Alice often mentions missing and whose hunting skills alarm the creatures of Wonderland.
- [Mary Ann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/mary_ann.md): The White Rabbit's housemaid, whom he mistakes Alice for when he sends her to fetch his gloves and fan.
- [Mabel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/mabel.md): A girl Alice knows from her own world, whom she worries she might have turned into during an identity crisis in Wonderland.
- [Father William](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/characters/father_william.md): The vigorous old man from the poem 'You Are Old, Father William,' which Alice recites in a distorted version to the Caterpillar.

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