# Timothy Arneel — The Titan character guide

> Timothy Arneel in The Titan by Theodore Dreiser.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Arneel, Mr. Arneel, Timothy Arneel, Mr. Timothy Arneel

**First appearance:** 0006-vii-chicago-gas

## Snapshot

The foremost citizen and largest wealth in the room, Arneel chairs the emergency meeting where Chicago's magnates decide how to answer Cowperwood's sharp dealing.

## Who they are

Arneel speaks in a low, husky voice with the unconscious arrogance of a man who has never needed to explain where his information comes from. As chairman of the gathering called to save American Match, he lays out the ten million dollars of exposure and names Cowperwood as the cause of the crisis with the calm of someone accustomed to settling matters. He represents the old guard's collective judgment, the moment when private grievance hardens into organized financial retaliation.

## In the story

### [Enter Hosmer Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxiv-enter-hosmer-hand)

A sober financier and Hand's ally, who joins the effort to cut off Cowperwood's bank credit and support the political opposition.

### [An Hour of Defeat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxviii-an-hour-of-defeat)

Joins Schryhart and Hand in plotting the elevated road franchise.

### [A Trip to Louisville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xl-a-trip-to-louisville)

Part of the financial opposition against Cowperwood in Chicago.

### [American Match](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlvii-american-match)

Collaborates with Schryhart to set a financial trap for Cowperwood by encouraging call loans. Also a backer of American Match.

### [XLVIII: Panic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlviii-panic)

Member of the quadrumvirate; calculates Cowperwood's debts and suggests gathering more information to plan a countermove.

### [Mount Olympus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlix-mount-olympus)

Hosts the meeting and serves as chairman; he calls for Cowperwood to be notified of the decision to call his loans.

### [A New York Mansion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/l-a-new-york-mansion)

Silent and dour after Cowperwood's triumph; vows to break Cowperwood politically.

### [Cowperwood and the Governor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lv-cowperwood-and-the-governor)

Mentioned among the financial interests puzzling over Cowperwood's scheme.

### [LVIII: A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lviii-a-marauder-upon-the-commonwealth)

Mentioned by Cowperwood as part of the opposition crowd controlling the press.

### [LIX: Capital and Public Rights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lix-capital-and-public-rights)

Deceased; his holdings pass to his son Edward Arneel, who becomes more amenable to Cowperwood.

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