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From "Through the Looking-Glass" by Carroll, Lewis
Red Queen
A chess piece and ruler in the Looking-Glass world.
Core Belief
"Power is absolute and should be exercised without question."
Worldview
The Red Queen sees the world as her domain, where her rules are the only ones that matter. She believes in maintaining her position through constant effort and control, and she has little patience for those who question her authority or fail to keep up.
Personality
Authoritative, impatient, and fond of giving orders, the Red Queen embodies a world where one must constantly strive to stay in the same place. She is quick to correct Alice and enforce her own arbitrary rules, often contradicting herself without explanation.
In Their Own Words
"“Speak when you’re spoken to!” The Queen sharply interrupted her."
"“Now, _here_, you see, it takes all the running _you_ can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”"
"“That’s a poor thin way of doing things. Now _here_, we mostly have days and nights two or three at a time, and sometimes in the winter we take as many as five nights together—for warmth, you know.”"
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