A Rose For Emily
A Rose for Emily
Both a Static and Dynamic Character
Emily Rose in “A Rose for Emily” in my opinion is both a static character and a dynamic character in this particular story. The definitions of static character and dynamic character from Glossary of Literary Terms: A static character does not change throughout the work, and the reader’s knowledge of that character does not grow, whereas a dynamic character undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot. First, the static character, Emily seem to never change much, she is seen as quite, strange, not quite human acting and mad. But if you look into the story a little deeper a little of a dynamic character lives. Emily changes both mentally, socially and physically. As a young girl she would be courted by young men, but her father drove them off. Her father was responsible for her becoming what I would call a hermit. Her pride helped to lead her into seclusion. She made up the excuse that “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such” (240) This was the social change in Emily among other things. Her pride kept her from socializing with the people in her community, thus drawing her deeper into seclusion. If Emily’s father would of not chased off the young men who wanted to court Miss Emily, she may not have gone mad. There are many examples in which the static character and the dynamic character inter mix. She acts the same throughout her life, a life that was crafted by unbalanced father. She was torn in emotions. She seemed as if she was just surviving, not really living, thus bringing in the static character. She was quite, probably nieve, easily lead to do things she did not want to do. This would cause her eventually to go mad. Emotions that have been bottled up for years. She lost her father, then her companion. Emily changed not only socially and mentally, but physically also, another trait of a dynamic character. She as a young woman was
Both a Static and Dynamic Character
Emily Rose in “A Rose for Emily” in my opinion is both a static character and a dynamic character in this particular story. The definitions of static character and dynamic character from Glossary of Literary Terms: A static character does not change throughout the work, and the reader’s knowledge of that character does not grow, whereas a dynamic character undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot. First, the static character, Emily seem to never change much, she is seen as quite, strange, not quite human acting and mad. But if you look into the story a little deeper a little of a dynamic character lives. Emily changes both mentally, socially and physically. As a young girl she would be courted by young men, but her father drove them off. Her father was responsible for her becoming what I would call a hermit. Her pride helped to lead her into seclusion. She made up the excuse that “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such” (240) This was the social change in Emily among other things. Her pride kept her from socializing with the people in her community, thus drawing her deeper into seclusion. If Emily’s father would of not chased off the young men who wanted to court Miss Emily, she may not have gone mad. There are many examples in which the static character and the dynamic character inter mix. She acts the same throughout her life, a life that was crafted by unbalanced father. She was torn in emotions. She seemed as if she was just surviving, not really living, thus bringing in the static character. She was quite, probably nieve, easily lead to do things she did not want to do. This would cause her eventually to go mad. Emotions that have been bottled up for years. She lost her father, then her companion. Emily changed not only socially and mentally, but physically also, another trait of a dynamic character. She as a young woman was