# Tommy Dukes — Lady Chatterley’s Lover character guide

> Tommy Dukes in Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dukes

**First appearance:** 0003-iv

## Who they are

A military friend of Clifford's who engages in intellectual discussions.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_chatterley_s_lover_se/chapters/iv)

Dukes critiques the intellectual life, arguing it is rooted in spite and envy, and advocates for a more holistic, bodily knowledge.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_chatterley_s_lover_se/chapters/vi)

Referenced as calling money 'the bitch-goddess'; Connie considers him as a possible father but rejects the idea.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_chatterley_s_lover_se/chapters/vii)

Engages in philosophical talk about civilization's collapse and the phallus as the bridge to the future.

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