Which nursery-rhyme egg character appears in Through the Looking-Glass?

The nursery-rhyme egg character who appears in Through the Looking-Glass is Humpty Dumpty. Alice meets him sitting on a wall in the chapter commonly titled “Humpty Dumpty,” while she is moving across the chessboard-like landscape.

Carroll turns the familiar nursery-rhyme figure into a proud, argumentative character. Humpty Dumpty insists on his own interpretations of words, including the famous discussion of portmanteau terms from “Jabberwocky.” His conversation with Alice makes language itself part of the book’s playful logic, where meaning can depend on whoever claims authority over it.

The character’s egg shape is a common source of confusion. The traditional rhyme does not explicitly say that Humpty Dumpty is an egg; Carroll’s 1871 book makes the visual idea central, with Alice observing that he looks exactly like one. The other listed choices are characters from different nursery rhymes, not the egg sitting on the wall.