The Bellamy Trial · Character

Randolph Phipps

The high-school principal summoned to the stand on the trial's eighth day, whose testimony steadies the courtroom's grip on the case's smallest, most human details.

supporting

Also known as Mr. Randolph Phipps, Dolph, Mr. Phipps, Phipps

First appearance: the bellamy trial

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Phipps belongs to the parade of ordinary witnesses — teachers, landladies, bus drivers — whose accumulated facts give the Bellamy trial its granular texture. As a schoolman, he speaks for the institutional world of Redfield, the town whose respectable surface the murder has cracked. His appearance late in the proceedings matters because it shows how far the prosecution will reach into daily life to anchor its story, and how much of the case rests on the testimony of people with no stake in either defendant.

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Character groups

Trial principals and family
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
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Relationships

Daniel Farr
professional · positive
Daniel Farr and Randolph Phipps are legal colleagues, working together on the case with… How this plays out →
Kathleen Page
professional · positive
Daniel Farr
professional · positive
Daniel Farr and Randolph Phipps are legal colleagues, working together on the case with… How this plays out →
Kathleen Page
professional · positive
Kathleen Page
professional · positive
Daniel Farr
professional · positive
Daniel Farr and Randolph Phipps are legal colleagues, working together on the case with… How this plays out →

Daniel Farr
Daniel Farr and Randolph Phipps are legal colleagues, working together on the case with professional respect.
Kathleen Page
Kathleen Page and Randolph Phipps interact as legal professionals, with Phipps defending her interests.
Daniel Farr
Daniel Farr and Randolph Phipps are legal colleagues, working together on the case with professional respect.
Kathleen Page
Kathleen Page and Randolph Phipps interact as legal professionals, with Phipps defending her interests.
Kathleen Page
Kathleen Page and Randolph Phipps interact as legal professionals, with Phipps defending her interests.
Daniel Farr
Daniel Farr and Randolph Phipps are legal colleagues, working together on the case with professional respect.

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