The Role Of Flat Characters In Literature
Thompson 1 Literature has always reflected human behavior and how people may or may not progress threw life. In many cases throughout life humans as a whole make split decisions that affect them in long term or short term without examining all the possible outcomes of the situation. One example of these are when people take life or death situations in to their own hands such as taking another life. Humans have proven time after time that they are very emotional creatures. They often make dire mistakes when under emotional distress or pressure and make decisions they often regret soon after. This literature shows us that Guy de Maupassant illustrates character development in The Necklace by showing us how human behavior can vary through
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These characters are known as flat characters. Flat characters tend to remain stagnate through a story or novel. In most occasions, flat characters will not take a round character’s viewpoint, persona, drive, observation, or behaviors. In the story “The Lottery” the town elder old man Warner shows traits of a flat character. Throughout the story old man Warner believed that if the village had stopped holding the lotteries they would return to a barbaric state. Although all the other villages had stop the tradition old man Warner refused to let the tradition die. This shows that throughout the story the character kept the same point of view from the beginning to the end.
In many stories and novels characters are often known to show different traits and personalities throughout literature. When reading the story “The Necklace” the main character Mathilde Loisel shows multiple traits of character development. It could be said that within the story Mathidle was narcissistic and even manipulative when things do not go the way that she wants them to. In the story Mathilde constantly complains and is also ungrateful for the things that she does not possess instead of the things that she is has: “Nothing. Only I haven't a dress and so I can't go to this party. Give your invitation to some friend of yours whose wife will be turned out better than I shall” (2). Clearly
These characters are known as flat characters. Flat characters tend to remain stagnate through a story or novel. In most occasions, flat characters will not take a round character’s viewpoint, persona, drive, observation, or behaviors. In the story “The Lottery” the town elder old man Warner shows traits of a flat character. Throughout the story old man Warner believed that if the village had stopped holding the lotteries they would return to a barbaric state. Although all the other villages had stop the tradition old man Warner refused to let the tradition die. This shows that throughout the story the character kept the same point of view from the beginning to the end.
In many stories and novels characters are often known to show different traits and personalities throughout literature. When reading the story “The Necklace” the main character Mathilde Loisel shows multiple traits of character development. It could be said that within the story Mathidle was narcissistic and even manipulative when things do not go the way that she wants them to. In the story Mathilde constantly complains and is also ungrateful for the things that she does not possess instead of the things that she is has: “Nothing. Only I haven't a dress and so I can't go to this party. Give your invitation to some friend of yours whose wife will be turned out better than I shall” (2). Clearly