The Rainbow · Character
Mr. Harby
The school's authoritarian headmaster, a small tyrant of the classroom whose discipline Ursula must endure and quietly resist.
supporting
Also known as Harby
First appearance: XIII: The Man’s World
As a supporting figure in The Rainbow, Mr. Harby is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Harby rules his school through inspection, fear, and the relentless machinery of routine, treating teachers and children alike as instruments of order. He is the embodiment of the institutional world Ursula enters as a…
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- Professional
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- Ursula's professional and personal mentors
- Protagonist
- Family and romantic entanglements
- Extended family, acquaintances, and background figures
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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