Chapman Character Analysis in Maurice

Chapman is one of Maurice’s friends from Sunnington whom Maurice remains friends with at Cambridge. Maurice and Chapman meet Risley for the first time together, though Chapman has a negative reaction to Risley and encourages Maurice to do the same, showing the way that masculine norms, and, by extension, norms of sexual orientation, are policed and enforced by different characters in the novel. Chapman goes on to marry Maurice’s sister, Ada.

Chapman Character Timeline in Maurice

The timeline below shows where the character Chapman appears in Maurice. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Maurice goes to lunch with the Dean, Mr. Cornwallis, along with a fellow former Sunningtonian, Chapman, and a cousin of Cornwallis, Risley. Risley makes exaggerated gestures when he speaks and uses... (full context)

...on, miserable and increasingly lonely. He practices self-discipline. Ada becomes engaged to his old classmate, Chapman, and knowing that she will not marry Clive, Maurice softens toward her and apologizes for... (full context)