This study presents An Analysis of Male Characters in Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens based on R.W. Connell's theory of Masculinity, the features of the study are the four types of masculinity which are (hegemony , complicity , subordinate and marginalized) according to R.W Connells who stated that these four types do represent the social hierarchy of male characters in society and each one of these types are represent a set of social moral and cultural characteristics and adjectives. Connells said that hegemony presents the dominant masculine male character in society The one who feels himself the rightful person to gain power and control over women and man .The other type is "complicity" this kind of masculinity ,The male character has the mental and physical characteristics . They show their gentleness and kindness however this type of characters is not showing the bad side rather than ,showing the goodness .The sweet talk and love for other ,As for the subordinate masculine which shows the feminine side of their characters in their speech and behavior and the last category are the marginalized they are weak ,Unimportant male characters , and based on these four types will analyze and classify the characters of the novel according to their masculinity characteristics , such as behaviors ,attitudes , conversation with other characters. The thesis clarify the analyzing of these characters their interaction and speeches with male characters which present by applying R.W. Connell's of masculinity. It was found that the characters were acting based on their social gender characteristics and they were gaining these characteristics and attitudes according to their gender hierarchy . on the same context the study are important for social gender studies and also for Victorian novel to be studied based on this theory .
