Created by Lewis Carroll Gender Male Nationality Looking-Glass Land Movies Alice in Wonderland | Species Human Occupation Knight Creator Lewis Carroll | |
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First appearance Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Played by Gary Cooper, Christopher Lloyd, Ian Holm, Lloyd Bridges, Richard Burton Similar White King, Red King, The Sheep, Duchess, Gryphon | ||
The White Knight is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking-Glass. He represents the chess piece of the same name. As imagined in John Tenniel's illustrations for the Alice stories he has echoes of John Millais's Sir Isumbras at the Ford.
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Storyline
The White Knight saves Alice from his opponent, the Red Knight. He repeatedly falls off his horse and lands on his head, and tells Alice of his inventions, which consists of things such as a pudding with ingredients like blotting paper, an upside down container, and anklets to guard his horse against shark bites. He recites a poem of his own composition, 'A-Sitting on a Gate', (but the song's name is called 'Haddocks' Eyes') and he and Alice depart.
Film incarnations
Stephen Boe
References
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