Discuss Maurice as a bildungsroman. How is it similar to other examples of the genre, and how is it different?

Many of the places Maurice depicts—Cambridge, Penge, the British Museum, etc.—are symbolic in some way. What might Forster be trying to say about the importance of setting?

What does the novel mean when it says Maurice’s inner life is split between “the brutal” and “the ideal”? How does this idea reflect the novel’s themes?