Which male character(s) corresponds to Dorthea's vision of life and her vocation of social reforms?Dorothea is marked by her vocation for improving...

Two male characters in Middlemarch
correspond to Dorthea's interest in and penchant for improving things. The first of
these is Sir James Chettam, the owner of the property adjacent to her family's property.
The second is her cousin, Will Ladislaw. Both Sir James and Ladislaw, especially Sir
James, deeply share Dorthea's desire for action for the benefit of others and for
reforms that improve the condition of the common
people.

Sir James is in love with Dorthea, though she
refuses him and accepts the inept Casaubon instead. Sir James would not only like to
have gained Dorthea's affection, he would also have liked to implement her plans of
reform for the benefit of his tenants.

Will Ladislaw is a
cousin and has a very complicated family background that, through no fault of his own,
leaves him cut out from any family inheritance on either his mother's side or his
father's side. He drifts, pursuing the arts, without meaningful work until he happens to
become the editor of the Pioneer. It is in this capacity that
Ladislaw discovers his gifts and penchant for communicating ideas and arguing
controversial positions, such as that of reform. Ladislaw is inspired think about
studying law and entering politics.