Alice – an imaginative little girl aged seven and a half. Alice is playing a game of ‘let’s pretend’ with Kitty when she passes through the large looking-glass over the fireplace into the Looking-glass House and a world where everything is in reverse.
Kitty – the mischievous black kitten who, according to Alice, causes her to go through the looking-glass.
The White Queen – the White Queen is a friend to Alice, and makes her one of her Pawns. She is rather eccentric and suddenly turns into a sheep.
The White King – he is an important part of the game of chess, although he does not interact with Alice as much as the White Queen and the Red Queen.
The Red Queen – (not to be confused with the Queen of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) is firm but fair, even though she is on the opposing side in the game of chess. She explains the rules to Alice and gives her advice on how to behave as a Queen.
The Red King – doesn’t move throughout the game and when Alice first meets him he is fast asleep. The chess game ends when Alice puts him into checkmate.
Lily – a White Pawn and the White King and Queen’s daughter.
Tiger-Lily – one of the flowers Alice meets in the garden.
Goat, Beetle, Horse, Gnat – characters in the carriage on Alice’s train journey through the third square.
Rocking-horse-fly – one of the Looking-glass insects.
The Walrus – he eats the oysters in Tweedledum and Tweedledee’s poem.
The Carpenter – a character from Tweedledum and Tweedledee’s poem.
The Sheep – the White Queen turns into the sheep, who sits in a chair, knitting.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee – the nursery-rhyme characters who befriend Alice and help her on her journey.
Humpty Dumpty – Alice comes across Humpty Dumpty sitting on a high, narrow wall. He’s rather haughty and rude, but because he seems to understand lots of words, Alice asks him to explain the meaning of the unusual words in the poem ‘Jabberwocky’.
Haigha and Hatta – the White King’s messengers.
The Lion and the Unicorn – they fight each other for the White King’s crown.
The White Knight – Alice’s clumsy but helpful friend who rescues her from the Red Knight, who tries to take her prisoner.