# Hayward — Of Human Bondage character guide > Hayward in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** G. Etheridge Hayward **First appearance:** 0012-xiii ## Snapshot The aesthete who taught Philip to worship art above life, now grown stout, bald, and bound for war in defiance of every theory he ever held. ## Who they are Hayward is the older friend whose talk of books and beauty first opened Philip's mind in Heidelberg, and whose example taught him to scorn action, success, and the vulgar crowd. Eight years on, the intimacy has curdled into habit: Philip resents his contempt for doing over talking, and sees a man who will never do anything but talk. When Hayward enlists as a trooper despite disbelieving in patriotism, he becomes Philip's first unsettling proof that men are puppets of forces they cannot reason away. ## Relationships ### [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey) _friendship_ An aesthetic, intellectual friend whose romantic ideals Philip eventually outgrows. ### [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey) _friendship_ An aesthetic, intellectual friend whose romantic ideals Philip eventually outgrows. ### [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey) _friendship_ An aesthetic, intellectual friend whose romantic ideals Philip eventually outgrows. ## In the story ### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxvi) Hayward is a cultured but indolent aesthete who abandoned the Bar for Italy and now lives on a small inheritance, reciting poetry and disparaging practical life. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxvii) Expounds his aesthetic and syncretic beliefs; is repeatedly bested in argument by Weeks; becomes increasingly irritated. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxviii) Hayward's presence influences Philip to attend Mass, exposing him to different forms of worship and contributing to his religious doubts. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxix) Companion to Philip; a literary idealist who romanticizes his own sordid adventures and deceives himself into sincerity, mistaking his sensuality for romantic emotion. ### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxxi) Departs for Italy before Christmas, writes letters from Rome that influence Philip. ### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxxv) Receives Philip's idealized letter about the affair; his reply praises Philip's 'poetic' passion. ### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxxvii) Influences Philip's views on art and culture, but Philip begins to doubt their value. ### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxxviii) Influences Philip's decision to take risks and pursue art. ### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxxix) Provides Philip with information about Paris and a letter of introduction to an art school. ### [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xlvii) Hayward visits Paris and is taken by Philip to see modern art; Philip finds him unchanged and now looks down on his earlier cultural views. ### [LXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxiv) Reunites with Philip in London; they visit the National Gallery, lunch, and take a steamboat to Greenwich, discussing art, literature, and life. ### [LXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxv) Visits Philip and helps him recover; accompanies Philip to a private view and impresses Lawson with his elegance. ### [LXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxvii) Now balding and idle, he introduces Philip to the tavern and continues to talk beautifully about literature but avoids real work. ### [LXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxviii) Mentioned as finding Griffiths stupid. ### [LXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxxvii) Philip tries to visit him but learns he is away in Brighton for the weekend. ### [LXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxxviii) Philip is glad Hayward was not in London, as he would have told him everything and been ashamed of his weakness. ### [LXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxxix) Hayward visits Philip's new lodgings with Lawson, bringing a pâté de foie gras. ### [LXXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/lxxxviii) Philip contrasts his new insights with Hayward's type of idealism, which he now sees as a cowardly retreat from life. ### [XCII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xcii) Present at the tavern, made fifty pounds from Macalister's stock tip, engages in arguments with Macalister. ### [XCVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xcviii) Hayward appears in the tavern, having enlisted as a trooper in the war, which surprises Philip given his previous intellectual detachment. ### [CVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/cvi) Philip remembers his early admiration for Hayward and learns of his death from enteric fever. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/hayward - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters