The Red King
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The Red King is a dream-bound monarch in Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass," whose slumber raises the paradoxical question of whether he is dreaming the story’s characters or being dreamed by them.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chess piece personification
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| activity | sleeping throughout most of the story ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Through the Looking-Glass
NERFINISHED
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alice
NERFINISHED
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Red Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ Tweedledee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tweedledum NERFINISHED ⓘ White King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | king chess piece ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
dream versus reality
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ontological uncertainty ⓘ |
| colorAssociation | red ⓘ |
| consciousState | unconscious ⓘ |
| createdBy | Lewis Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definingTrait | dream-bound ⓘ |
| discussedBy |
Tweedledee
NERFINISHED
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Tweedledum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Alice universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1871 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of dream-reality themes in Alice criticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | nonsense literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to embody the idea that the world may be another’s dream ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | source of philosophical paradox ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | chess kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | chessboard motif in Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ |
| perceivedBy | Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalConnection |
dream argument
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solipsism ⓘ |
| raisesQuestion |
whether Alice is dreaming him
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whether he is dreaming Alice ⓘ who is dreaming whom ⓘ |
| state | asleep ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
blurred boundary between dream and reality
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passive authority ⓘ unreliability of perception ⓘ |
| title | King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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