Alice in Wonderland & Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll characters

Appears from the start

A curious young girl who follows a strangely dressed rabbit underground. She tries to preserve her identity, manners, and common sense while Wonderland repeatedly changes her size and confronts her with rules that contradict ordinary experience.

Appears from the start

An anxious white rabbit who wears a waistcoat, carries a watch, and fears being late. Alice's astonishment at hearing him speak leads her to follow him down the rabbit hole.

First appears in chapter 5

A reserved creature seated on a mushroom and smoking a hookah. He questions Alice about her shifting identity and explains how the mushroom can help her control her height.

First appears in chapter 6

A noblewoman with a violent cook, a perpetually crying baby, and little patience. Alice meets her in a pepper-filled house where every attempt at ordinary conversation turns hostile or absurd.

First appears in chapter 6

A broadly grinning cat who can vanish while leaving parts of himself visible. He calmly accepts the madness of Wonderland and tells Alice where she can find the March Hare and the Hatter.

First appears in chapter 7

A hat maker trapped at a perpetual tea party with the March Hare and the Dormouse. He offers riddles without solutions, shifts places at the table, and treats contradiction as conversation.

First appears in chapter 7

The Hatter's excitable companion at an endless tea party. He joins in the unanswered riddles, personal remarks, and constantly changing rules that drive Alice away from the table.

First appears in chapter 8

The volatile ruler of the playing-card court, quick to demand executions whenever a person, game, or conversation displeases her. Her subjects obey outwardly while quietly preventing many of her sentences from being carried out.

First appears in chapter 8

The Queen's quieter husband and a member of the royal card court. He takes part in the croquet gathering and later presides over the Knave's trial, attempting to turn nonsense into legal procedure.

First appears in chapter 9

A melancholy sea creature who says he was once an ordinary turtle. At the Queen's direction, he tells Alice about his peculiar education and performs songs and dances from life beneath the sea.

First appears in chapter 9

A creature with the features of an eagle and a lion who escorts Alice to the Mock Turtle. He prompts the Turtle's stories and explanations and later accompanies Alice back toward the royal trial.

First appears in chapter 11

A courtier from the suit of hearts accused of stealing the Queen's tarts. He stands chained before the royal court while witnesses are called and an increasingly confused case is assembled against him.

First appears in chapter 14

The young warrior at the center of the companion poem. After receiving warnings about dangerous creatures, he takes up his sword, seeks the Jabberwock, and confronts it alone.

First appears in chapter 14

A feared creature in the companion poem, identified by its dangerous jaws and claws. The young warrior is specifically warned to avoid it before setting out with his sword.