The Rainbow · Character
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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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Minor household and courtship figures
- Protagonist
- Family and romantic entanglements
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Ursula Brangwen
romantic · ambivalent
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