Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass: Foil 1 key example

Chapter 1: Looking-Glass House
Explanation and Analysis—Alice and Kitty:

Alice and Kitty can be read as foils. In Chapter 1, Alice scolds Kitty like a child:

["]What have you got to say for yourself? Now don’t interrupt me!” she went on, holding up one finger. “I’m going to tell you all your faults. Number one: you squeaked twice while Dinah was washing your face this morning. Now you ca’n’t deny it, Kitty: I heard you! What’s that you say?” (pretending that the kitten was speaking). “Her paw went into your eye? Well, that’s your fault, for keeping your eyes open—if you’d shut them tight up, it wouldn’t have happened.["]