Alice in Wonderland Major Characters Alice: A little girl,
probably 7 years old. She has an amazing dream about changing
size and meeting various strange creatures underground in
Wonderland. Alice is curious, intelligent, trusting, and ready
to accept the impossible. She can be quite bold; additionally,
she tends to take herself seriously and sometimes has a rather
quick temper. White Rabbit: A rabbit wearing a waistcoat and
pocket watch scampers past Alice at the beginning of the story.
Alice follows the White Rabbit into Wonderland. The Rabbit is
rather timid and nervous. He meets Alice again at his house and
at the Queen's croquet-grounds where he serves as the herald at
the trial of the Knave of Hearts. Caterpillar : A large, blue,
hookah-smoking caterpillar. He treats Alice with contempt and
makes her angry, but he helps her to grow to the height she
wants to be by telling her about the special properties of the
mushroom he sits on. Duchess: Hideously ugly in the
illustrations by John Tenniel, the Duches