Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Character

Kitty

Also known as Your Majesty, Your Red Majesty

  • Supporting
  • First seen · Book 2 · Ch. 1

Kitty is a little shadow of black fur and quick mischief, forever ready to bat at something soft or refuse to take a scolding seriously. Her playful independence makes even her smallest gestures feel like a queen’s decree.

Gender
female
Age
kitten
First appears
Book 2 · Ch. 1
Books
1

Kitty begins as Alice’s playful black kitten, tangled up with a ball of worsted and pretending to be the Red Queen. Later Alice holds her up beside a Red Queen chess piece, but Kitty purrs, licks her paws, and turns her head away from it. She remains a familiar, mischievous presence at the edge of Alice’s imaginative world.

Description

Kitty is a small black kitten with a dark, sleek-looking coat and the compact build of a young cat. Her eyes and finer facial features are not specified, but her quick movements and playful air make her seem alert and spirited. She has no described accessories or markings, and carries herself with an impish independence that can turn to casual indifference. Kitty is a small black kitten with a neat, dark coat and the delicate proportions of a young cat. She sits demurely on Alice's knee, paws at a ball of worsted, and may pause to lick one paw. Her compact, soft-furred form and composed feline manner are her defining features; no eye color or other markings are given.

Connections

  • Aliceconflicting source relationships

    Kitty is Alice’s kitten and companion at home. Alice speaks affectionately to her, kisses her, and imagines Kitty accompanied her through the Looking-Glass world.

  • D

    Dinahmother and kitten

    Dinah is Kitty’s mother; Alice says Dinah washed Kitty that morning.

  • L

    Lilymother and kitten

    In Alice’s chess-world imagining, Kitty is addressed as the Red Queen and Lily as the Queen’s daughter, or imperial kitten.

  • Red Kingconflicting source relationships

    Alice tells Kitty that Kitty was the Red King’s wife in the dream, and asks whether the Red King was the dreamer.

  • S

    Snowdropsibling kittens

    They are the two kittens in Alice’s household; Kitty is the black kitten and Snowdrop the white kitten.

Story so far

  1. BOOK 2Through The Looking Glass

Key events

  1. Book 2
    Ch. 11
    Alice Awakens from the Looking-Glass DreamAlice awakens beside her kittens and reflects on whether she or the Red King dreamed the Looking-Glass adventure.

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