開窗也象征著一個情人對另一個情人的性屈服。但對於克萊夫和莫裡斯來說，他們的結合的這一部分仍然是象征性的。他們接吻，但莫裡斯回到了自己的房間。後來克萊夫甚至拒絕了莫裡斯的一個吻，儘管他仍然說他愛他。然而，對於阿萊克來說，打開的窗戶確實與性的結合相吻合。

Motorcycle and Sidecar

In Maurice, the motorcycle and its sidecar symbolize the unity of two male lovers. In Part 2, Chapter 13, Maurice and Clive ride into the countryside, with Maurice piloting the motorcycle and Clive riding in the sidecar. Later, after Maurice's initial rejection of Clive, Clive thinks longingly of the ride as a time when he and Maurice "realized the unity preached by Plato." Clive is referring to the Symposium, a philosophical dialogue about love, by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. In that dialogue, Socrates says that love unites the soul with its missing half, another soul. Because Socrates also discussed his own love for a young man, Alcibiades, the dialogue becomes Clive's way of declaring his love to Maurice. The Symposium is partly about erotic love, but also about love of wisdom. The two parts of the vehicle in Maurice—motorcycle and sidecar—symbolize both two fused bodies and two fused souls.

The fate of the motorcycle and sidecar also parallels what happens to Clive's and Maurice's relationship. Setting out in the motorcycle on their day in the countryside, the two men are "bound in a single motion," a phrase suggestive of sex. But Clive rejects the physical aspect of his love for Maurice, preferring to care for Maurice "in the real sense," idealized and nonphysical. Likewise, the motorcycle breaks down during their picnic, and they abandon it, just as they abandon the attempt at physical union.

在《莫裡斯》中，摩托車和它的挎鬥象征著兩個男性戀人的結合。在第二部分第13章中，莫裡斯和克萊夫騎車到鄉下，莫裡斯駕駛著摩托車，克萊夫坐在副駕上。後來，在莫裡斯最初拒絕了克萊夫之後，克萊夫憧憬著那次騎行，認為他和莫裡斯 "實現了柏拉圖所宣揚的統一"。克萊夫指的是古希臘哲學家柏拉圖的《座談會》，這是一部關於愛情的哲學對話。在那場對話中，蘇格拉底說，愛使靈魂與它缺失的一半，即另一個靈魂結合起來。因為蘇格拉底也討論了他自己對一個年輕人Alcibiades的愛，這段對話成了克萊夫向莫裡斯宣示他的愛的方式。座談會的部分內容是關於情欲的愛，但也是關於智慧的愛。莫裡斯的車輛的兩個部分--摩托車和挎鬥--既象征著兩個融合的身體，也象征著兩個融合的靈魂。

摩托車和挎鬥的命運也與克萊夫和莫裡斯的關係相似。在鄉下的日子裡，兩個人騎著摩托車出發，"被捆綁在一起"，這個短語暗示著性。但克萊夫拒絕接受他對莫裡斯的□□之愛，他更願意在 "真正意義上 "關心莫裡斯，即理想化和非□□的。同樣地，摩托車在他們的野餐中壞了，他們放棄了它，就像他們放棄了身體結合的嘗試。