The White Knight
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The White Knight is a gentle, eccentric, and chivalrous character in Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass," often interpreted as a self-parody of the author himself.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
knight ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Through the Looking-Glass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsWith | The Red Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lewis Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chessRole | white knight piece ⓘ |
| colorDesignation | white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Lewis Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs | kindly, absent-minded inventor ⓘ |
| describedByAuthorAs | a sort of parody of myself ⓘ |
| farewells | Alice at the last brook before she becomes a queen ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMount | horse ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most autobiographical figures in Carroll’s fiction ⓘ |
| hasScene |
escort of Alice to the final brook
ⓘ
song about "A-sitting on a Gate" ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
authorial self-representation
ⓘ
gentle, self-deprecating heroism ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | self-parody of Lewis Carroll ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | nonsense literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | iconic character of Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | book ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
frequent falls from his horse
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inventive but impractical gadgets ⓘ sentimental farewell to Alice ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| partOf | chess motif in Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
chivalrous
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eccentric ⓘ gentle ⓘ |
| protects | Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1871 ⓘ |
| residesIn | Looking-Glass world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | helper of Alice ⓘ |
| sings | "A-sitting on a Gate" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
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