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Tom Cooper

A young man who courts Ursula briefly, a farmer's son.

minor

Also known as Tom

First appearance: xi first love

Tom Cooper'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.

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With Ursula Brangwen (romantic): Tom Cooper is a young man who briefly courts Ursula, representing a fleeting romantic…

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EFEffieUBUrsula BrangwenASAnton SkrebenskyFBFrank BrangwenLBLydia BrangwenTCTom Cooper

Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor household and courtship figures
  • Protagonist
  • Family and romantic entanglements

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Tom Cooper in xi first love