# The Rainbow — Character guide

> Key figures in The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence.

- [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/ursula_brangwen.md): Protagonist, a passionate and intellectual young woman seeking fulfillment beyond conventional life.
- [Tom Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/tom_brangwen.md): A farmer at the Marsh, husband to Lydia, and father figure to Anna and later Ursula.
- [Anna Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/anna_brangwen.md): Daughter of Tom and Lydia, later wife of Will Brangwen, mother of Ursula.
- [Will Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/will_brangwen.md): Husband of Anna, a craftsman and church decorator, struggles with faith and domestic life.
- [Anton Skrebensky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/anton_skrebensky.md): Ursula's lover, a young soldier with a conventional worldview, later her fiancé.
- [Lydia Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/lydia_brangwen.md): Polish widow who marries Tom Brangwen, mother of Anna, a quiet and foreign presence.
- [Alfred Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/alfred_brangwen.md): Tom's brother, a stern and bitter man, father of several children.
- [Tilly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/tilly.md): Servant at the Marsh, often exasperated but loyal to the Brangwen family.
- [Winifred Inger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/winifred_inger.md): Ursula's teacher and later lover, a modern, intellectual woman.
- [Maggie Schofield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/maggie_schofield.md): Ursula's friend and fellow teacher, kind and supportive.
- [Mr. Harby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/mr_harby.md): Headmaster of the school where Ursula teaches, strict and authoritarian.
- [Gudrun](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/gudrun.md): Ursula's younger sister, artistic and independent, appears briefly.
- [Fred Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/fred_brangwen.md): Tom's younger brother, a cheerful and simple farmer.
- [Frank Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/frank_brangwen.md): A Brangwen relative, a butcher with a grievance against the world.
- [Tom Cooper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/tom_cooper.md): A young man who courts Ursula briefly, a farmer's son.
- [Millicent Skrebensky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/millicent_skrebensky.md): Anton's sister, a conventional young woman.
- [Baron Skrebensky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/baron_skrebensky.md): Anton's father, a Polish aristocrat living in England.
- [Dorothy Russell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/dorothy_russell.md): Ursula's friend from college, intellectual and free-spirited.
- [Billy Pillins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/billy_pillins.md): A young man who works at the Marsh, fond of Ursula.
- [Effie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/effie.md): A servant girl at the Marsh, later leaves the household.
- [Ethel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/ethel.md): A fellow teacher at Ursula's school, deliberate and prim.
- [Violet Harby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/violet_harby.md): Mr. Harby's daughter, a student at the school.
- [Mr. Brunt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/mr_brunt.md): A teacher at the school, colleague of Ursula.
- [Paul Lensky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/paul_lensky.md): Lydia's son from her first marriage, dies young.
- [Mrs. Forbes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/mrs_forbes.md): A woman who employs Ursula as a tutor briefly.
- [Clem Phillips](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/clem_phillips.md): A young man who visits the Brangwens, a friend of the family.
- [William Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/william_brangwen_earl.md): An ancestor of the Brangwens, mentioned in family history.
- [Mrs. Skrebensky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_rainbow_se/characters/mrs_skrebensky.md): Anton's mother, a Polish woman living in England.

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