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Through the Looking Glass Study Guide

by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking Glass study guide contains a biography of Lewis Carroll, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis of Through the Looking Glass.

Alice is sitting in a chair scolding her kitten, Kitty, when she notices the alternate world inside the Looking Glass. She determines to explore this other world, and as soon as she steps inside, she finds a place much like yet much different from her home. She encounters a smiling clock, animate chess pieces and a book with backwards text, but determined to see all of this amazing new place before she has to return, she abandons the living room and steps outside.

After a confusing romp through the garden, talking flowers direct Alice to the Red Queen, who informs Alice that she is a part of a giant chess game. Alice's goal is to become a queen herself, and the Red Queen instructs her that she must begin in this second square and inevitably…

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• Through the Looking Glass Summary
• About Through the Looking Glass
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 1
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 2
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 3
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 4
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 5
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 6
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 7
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 8
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 9
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 10-12
• Chess - Alice's progression across the board
• Influences - George MacDonald
• Alice Liddell
• Related Links on Through the Looking Glass
• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Through the Looking Glass: Major Themes
• Through the Looking Glass: Questions
• Through the Looking Glass: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• Lewis Carroll: Biography