# Winifred Inger — The Rainbow character guide

> Winifred Inger in The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Winifred, Miss Inger

**First appearance:** 0013-x-the-widening-circle

## Snapshot

Ursula's modern, intellectual schoolteacher, whose cool self-possession and unorthodox attentions awaken desires Ursula has no language for.

## Who they are

Miss Inger arrives in Ursula's life as a figure of startling independence — educated, athletic, unimpressed by the small pieties of provincial girlhood. She draws Ursula into a world of ideas and physical confidence, and into an intimacy that unsettles as much as it liberates. Her presence forces Ursula to confront what she wants and what she is willing to risk, making her the hinge between the Brangwen girl's sheltered upbringing and the wider, more dangerous self she is beginning to become.

## Relationships

### [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/ursula_brangwen)

_romantic_

Ursula has a passionate, homoerotic romantic relationship with her teacher Winifred Inger.

### [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/ursula_brangwen)

_romantic_

Ursula has a passionate, homoerotic romantic relationship with her teacher Winifred Inger.

### [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/ursula_brangwen)

_romantic_

Ursula has a passionate, homoerotic romantic relationship with her teacher Winifred Inger.

## In the story

### [XII: Shame](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rainbow_se/chapters/xii-shame)

Ursula's class-mistress, a beautiful and independent woman; shares a deep awareness with Ursula; accompanies her to Wiggiston and reacts with disgust to the colliery life.

### [XIII: The Man’s World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rainbow_se/chapters/xiii-the-man-s-world)

Mentioned as a secret sideshow in Ursula's life, a closed door she does not open.

## Links

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