An Ideal Husband · Character
Tommy Trafford
A young man in love with Mabel Chiltern.
minor
Also known as Tommy, Mr. Trafford, poor Mr. Trafford
First appearance: an ideal husband
Tommy Trafford's tie to Sir Robert Chiltern is one of the pressures that moves An Ideal Husband—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Sir Robert Chiltern (social): Tommy Trafford is a young, well-meaning friend and social associate of Sir Robert. With Mrs. Cheveley (social): Tommy Trafford is a young man Mrs. Cheveley briefly flirts with and uses…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Central characters in scandal
- Protagonist
- Peripheral society and family
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Story tension across the book.
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- Sir Robert Chiltern
social · positive
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- Mrs. Cheveley
social · ambivalent
- Lady Chiltern
social · positive
- Lady Chiltern
social · positive
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