# Cecil Sykes — Getting Married character guide

> Cecil Sykes in Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Cecil, Mr. Cecil Sykes, Sykes, poor Cecil

**First appearance:** 0054-getting-married

## Snapshot

Edith's earnest, slightly hapless fiancé, a gentleman whose respectable intentions keep colliding with the uncomfortable logic of the marriage debate.

## Who they are

Cecil arrives at the wedding prepared to do the decent thing, only to find his bride's family treating matrimony as a problem in political economy rather than a sacrament. He is well-meaning but unarmed for the argument, and his mounting bewilderment makes him the audience's stand-in for common sense under siege. His fate hinges on whether good intentions can survive a room full of people who have read too much and believe too little.

## Relationships

### [Edith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/characters/edith)

_romantic_

Cecil Sykes and Edith are lovers or engaged, with a relationship characterized by passion and occasional tension.

### [Reginald Hotchkiss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/characters/reginald_hotchkiss)

_rivalry_

Cecil Sykes and Reginald Hotchkiss are rivals, competing for Edith's affection and social standing.

## In the story

### [The Personal Sentimental Basis of Monogamy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-personal-sentimental-basis-of-monogamy)

Referenced indirectly as the young man in the Candida example, though not named in the excerpt.

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