Adela is a character from E.M. Forster's novel A Passage to India. She is an Englishwoman who visits India with her mother and is courted by the Indian doctor, Dr. Aziz. Adela is portrayed as a naive young woman who is curious about the culture of India and is eager to learn more about it. She is also a symbol of the clash between East and West, as she struggles to reconcile her own cultural values with those of the people she meets in India.