Dynamic Character In The Necklace

There have been always two types of characters in varying stories that are very different from each other; static and dynamic characters. A character is static when they don’t change themselves or their thinking during the story, meanwhile, a dynamic character is the opposite of static. The character does change themselves and their thinking during the story. Out of the four stories, I’ve chosen two dynamic characters and one static character to use as examples.

One of the first dynamic characters is from, “The Necklace.” Madame Loisel should be considered a dynamic character, because by the end of the story she changes her mindset about being ‘poor’ and realizes that she should’ve appreciated her life before since it was much easier back then. Before she had changed all she did was complain about how “she suffered constantly feeling that all the attributes of a gracious life should’ve been hers” even though she was middle class and her life

The logic behind his fixation for revenge was “the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne, when he ventured upon insult-I vowed revenge” also meaning Fortunato had intentionally insulted something personal to him(61). Montresor knew“there were no attendants at home”because“to ensure their immediate disappearance, one and all as soon as my back turned” he used reverse psychology on all his attendances, this was how devoted he was to getting revenge(63). In the end he really was a static character as he never changed he even ended his tale of revenge with “in pace requiescat” which he is using to intentionally mock Fortunato’s new grave(68). Montresor is the perfect example of a static character since throughout the whole entire story all that's on his mind is how he can succeed on getting his