# Dorothea Ray — Rachel Ray character guide

> Dorothea Ray in Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dorothea, Dolly

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-ray-family

## Snapshot

Rachel's stern, devout elder sister, whose rigid judgments and Dorcas-meeting piety make her a thorn in the Ray household's gentler happiness.

## Who they are

Dorothea Prime rules her circle with hard-edged righteousness, dismissing Luke Rowan as dangerous and sniffing at Mr. Prong's mild authority even as she prepares to marry him. Her certainty that everyone but herself is a fool collides with Rachel's longing for sympathy, and her mother's quiet tears show how much her severity costs. She matters because her disapproval frames the central tension of Rachel's courtship and tests what sisterly love can survive.

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