In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as an immature, clever, and a shrewd little girl and future queen of Wonderland. “... it wasn’t cake at all; it had turned into a handful of gwormmies. ‘Got you!’ Alyss shouted…” (Beddor 24) Alyss is showing her immaturity by playing a prank on her tutor when he did nothing to her. “She’d written A-L-I-C-E ninety-nine times. Miss Prikett wasn’t looking. She spelled out A-L-Y-S-S...” (Beddor 127) She is showing her cleverness by doing something she is told not to do. Alyss was supposed to be writing A-L-I-C-E one-hundred times, but instead she wrote A-L-I-C-E ninety-nine times and A-L-Y-S-S one time. “Should I? Will he believe? He does seem different from the others. Should I, one last time?” (Beddor 129) Alyss is debating whether or not to tell Dodgson about Wonderland. She was told not to speak of Wonderland but she wants someone to believe the story. So, Alyss tells Dodgson despite what she was told not to do. In the middle of the novel, Alyss is characterized as an impatient little girl. …show more content…
As the novel goes on she matures and becomes selfless.“But this was not the case with eleven year old Alyss Heart, who had waited with impatience for the Reverend Charles Dodgson to complete the book describing her life in Wonderland.” (Beddor 148) Dodgson wrote a book about Alyss’s life in Wonderland and she is very excited to read it. Alyss is waiting with impatience as she did in Wonderland. “Again, she felt the tug of a long-buried affection for one who… She would not allow herself to think of him. She had to be realistic. The marriage would please her mother. She would do it for her mother, for her family’s sake. ‘I accept, Leopold.’” (Beddor 171) Alyss does not have any affection for Leopold but still accepts the proposal. She is only accepting because she knows it will be good for her family. Alyss is willing to make sacrifices for the good of others. She would rather make others happy instead of making herself happy. “‘You’re wearing the dress,’Mrs. Liddell said. The dress she had purchased months before, but which Alyss had always refused to wear because she feared it would make her appear common.” (Beddor 151) When Alyss puts on the dress she is conforming to society, she becomes “normal.” Near the end of the novel, Alyss is characterized as a mature, selfless, responsible Princess. “Thinking it the final act in her short, troubled life, Princess Alyss Heart knelt down before her aunt. ‘Here’s to my legacy,’ Redd said, lifting her scepter. But the moment it's cold blade touched Alyss’ neck-” (Beddor 314) While in the Looking Glass maze Alyss finds Redd and Redd has three of her friends. Redd said that she would chop their heads off if Alyss did not offer herself. Alyss offered herself to Redd to save her friends. When Alyss does this she is showing an extreme act of selflessness. “‘Our