The Rainbow · Character
Dorothy Russell
Ursula's friend from college, intellectual and free-spirited.
minor
Also known as Dorothy
First appearance: x the widening circle
Dorothy Russell's tie to Ursula Brangwen is one of the pressures that moves The Rainbow—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Dorothy is Ursula's college friend, a passionate suffragist with an ivory face, who shares a close, stern friendship with Ursula, especially during botany hours.
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With Ursula Brangwen (friendship): Dorothy is a friend and fellow student from Ursula's college days. In XV: The Bitterness of Ecstasy: Dorothy is Ursula's college friend, a passionate suffragist with an ivory face,…
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- Friendship
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- Extended family, acquaintances, and background figures
- Family and romantic entanglements
- Ursula's professional and personal mentors
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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