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The second of the mysterious yet loving creatures that accompany the children on their journey, Mrs. Who brings a pervasive sense of culture and worldly knowledge through her presence and quotations. Mrs. Who claims that she speaks mostly in quotations because she has trouble stating ideas in her own words. Her extensive knowledge from the literary world seeps into everything she says, and her flare for language both stumps and inspires the children. Mrs. Who expands the main characters’ conceptions of description and explanation, and she helps them explore what the essence of communication really is. Quoting everything from the Bible to Greek philosophy to common axioms in the languages of the world, Mrs. Who brings a poetic perspective to many critical moments in the children’s quest. Her spectacles, which she gifts to Meg to use at her greatest moment of crisis, signal that things can often be seen more clearly when looking through a different lens, on a literal and metaphorical level.
