Shakespeare is famous for the roundness and complexity of his characters. ... Brutus is round in many ways, but for the most part he is round because of his contradictory traits. ... The opposing traits of Brutus also shows how dynamic he is. Since the definition of a dynamic character is a character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot, Brutus makes a perfect example of a dynamic character. ... Shakespeare's round characters and tone usage in his plays make them some of the best plays ever. ...

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When discussing dynamics of this play, I would like to type on for ages, since this play was practically the definition of dynamic! All of the characters in the play were slightly dynamic, because of the fact that the existence of this play is based on change. ... This play was also well rounded, because of the fact that we had all heard the classic stories of the characters. ... But in my belief, the play's characters were all rounded except for the newly introduced, which were the baker's Father and the giantess. However, when you take someone who just hasn't learned a thing...

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Rebecca's miserable attitude stays the same throughout the story; she is considered a static character. ... She is also a round character; Zelver describes her to be lazy and incompetent. ... Emily, her mother, on the other hand, is a round dynamic character. ... She is dynamic because her low self-esteem attitude, but she recognizes herself and changes towards the end. ...

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The characters in this story are considered dynamic, flat, and round. The dynamic characters are the grandma, John Wesley, The Misfit, June Star, and Bobby Lee. I chose them as dynamic characters because they tend to change because of the plot of the story. The grandma is considered a dynamic character because she tried her best to change The Misfit. ... The round characters are grandma and the Misfit because they are complex throughout the story and grandma tried to consider internal conflicts found in the Misfit as in most real people. ...

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Mathilde, the protagonist, is both round and dynamic. ... This starts her change from a whimsical self-doubting woman to one who realizes what she had, thus making her a dynamic character. ... The round and dynamic character of Mathilde shows the reader that living in a dream world can only lead to heartache. ...

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When we first meet Bernard Marx we find that he could be, possibly, the perfect character to cause a revolution. ... The one error in Johns character may be his decision to replace his ideal world with the old one. ... Although he does not appear often in the novel, I would consider him the most important character. ... This makes him the most round, and full character of them all. ... Much like Orwell's 1984, the book does not need many dynamic events to scare us. ...

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The Dynamic Daisy Buchanan In one of the greatest works of the Twentieth Century, F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (New York: Scribner-Simon, 1992), there are many dynamic and round characters which greatly add to the story's theme. One character, Daisy Buchanan, is made essential by way of her relation to the theme. ... Daisy Buchanan is a round and dynamic character, with many different sides to her personality. ... All of these character flaws; Daisy's selfishness, materialistic views, reliance on men, and overbearing emphasis on money, all lea...

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The types of characters include: dynamic, round, and static. A dynamic character is a well-developed character with numerous traits that make her believable. The dynamic character must also change in some way. ... Craven are all dynamic characters. ... A round character is a fully developed character in the story that contributes to the plot but doesn't necessarily change. ...

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The story, of "A & P", is narrated in first person point of view, with the character, Sammy, depicted as a round and dynamic character. The protagonist of the story is Sammy who is a round character that can be seen through his thoughts, conversations, and actions. ... Sammy is a very round and dynamic character that tells his story in 1st person. We are all, in some aspects, similar to John Updike's main character, Sammy, in A & P. ... I thought the main character signifies most teenagers, male or female, to be impulsive, immature, seeking independence, and individualistic. ...

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Another theme relation is the apparent character differences between the narrator and the main character, Miss Emily. The narrator eloquently describes Miss Emily with vivid imagery making her a round character, while the narrator being so generalized remains a flat character. ... Another contrasting element relating to the theme is how Miss Emily is a static character that remains essentially unchanged throughout the ever-changing action of the times, as opposed to the dynamic narrator, which has been growing through the entire story. Being a flat character doesn't automatically disti...

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On the other hand, the fool is a dynamic character. ... Thus, the change shows the Fool as a dynamic character when Dee's consistency through the story shows her as a static character. Another contrasting character type between the Fool and Dee is whether they are round or flat. The Fool is a round character, whereas Dee is flat. ... The author carefully develops him as to reveal his faults, his drinking and lying, and his good quality, his ability to change, which make him a round character. ...

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In the story By the Waters of Babylon the main character was John. ... This would make John a round character. ... This change makes John a dynamic character. ... With a past the house must be a round character. ... Therefore the house must be a static character. ...

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The character of Harry Haller is an extremely round character. ... Harry is an extremely thoughtful character; maybe a little too thoughtful. ... This makes him a round character and the fact that he changes throughout the course of the story, makes him a dynamic character. ... Because this story is told from Harry's first person narrative point of view, the other characters in the book are not as round as Harry's character is. ... We also do not know if these other characters are static or dynamic. ...

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It would be easy to present an argument that the young female, who was raped in the bar, would be the main character; but after much emphasis is given to Mitchell Hayes, the bartender, it is clear that he is the main character after all. ... Dubus portrays Hayes as a round character because Hayes undergoes a change from the beginning of the story until the end. ... In conclusion, Mitchell Hayes, the protagonist, is a round and dynamic character. He is round because the story revolves around him. ... He is a dynamic character because he changes from a relatively carefree, self-assured man into ...

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The story progresses as do the characters. Sonny goes through many changes throughout the story is see as being dynamically round character because of these changes. ... Sonny can be viewed as a round character because of the many experiences he has gone through and his varying personality traits, which possessed him to take actions on a whim such as joining the navy. Sonny's dynamic characteristic is seen as his moral changes from the beginning to the end of the story. ... The narrator, being a respectable middle class family man can be seen as a flat character. ...

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The Great Gatsby Characters: Nick Carraway is the novel's narrator and author. ... Due to his interpretive insights as a bystander rather than character in the conflict, Nick is the perfect person to narrate the story. Nick is a round character for the reader is able to enter his mind and examine his many interpretations in his writing. Nick is also dynamic for he himself learns many lessons and changes his ways of viewing situations; he learns that the east coast, instead of being fun and exciting, is actually full of immoral and decadence because of the rich that consume of it....

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This use of dynamic characterization amply receives the audience response desired by the author. ... Dynamic characters are main characters who change over the course of the story, whether in attitude, temperament, or religious/philosophical beliefs. ... Round characters are the major characters of the story, the protagonist and other major characters. Flat characters are the minor characters in a story. ... He could easily be labeled a round character, for he is a main character, necessary to the storyline. ...

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Cyrano de Bergerac was written by Edmond Rostand in 1897. The story is set in France from 1640 to 1655, when France was at war with Spain. Most of the story takes place in Paris. Rostand does a number of things from showing what love truly is, to what the world thinks love is, from what a hero truly...

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Using a limited omniscient point of view, Dubus presents Mitchell as a round dynamic point of view character when he says that "he felt much older. ... These characters, like Susan, her children, and the regulars at the bar, are all flat static characters that represent Mitchell's life before the incident, and do not change their perception of him. ...

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When they find the ball, their reaction is "GuyGogthis is perfect, thisisthis is perfect, it's round, round and heavy, it'sit's the best thing we'veeverseen" (224). ... The characters of this story make the theme come alive. ... They are both Dynamic characters. ... The characters they are make this story's theme. If they were not at this stage in their lives and if they were not adventurous they would be dynamic characters. ...

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This element offers a comprehensive insight to the most intermit thoughts of all the characters in the story and it also gives an insight into information which are unknown to the characters themselves. This element is clearly used on page 5 on line 12 to 14: "She backed away, her face a round white blur, her mouth an opening black O of terror, and she wasn't Norma, Norma was dead, she had been dead for ten years."" ... He appears as a dynamic character, which is a character that changes for the better or worse as a result of a vital experience. ... This character-changing experience poin...

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The Grandmother The grandmother in " A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a round, dynamic character. ... The grandmother is a manipulative character, unbending in her opinions and beliefs. ... She is dynamic because she changes in a desperate moment. ...

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The current views and the beginning of change in those views that some of society held towards the independence of women in the late 1800s can be seen through the character portrayals in "A White Heron." ... With this character and his display of stuffed dead birds, it relates how women were also viewed in this time. ... Her character reminisces about how things were when there were still men around at her place. ... Sylvia the story's main character is shown as a free spirit. She would be considered a round and dynamic personality because throughout the story she is realistically por...

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The current views and the beginning of change in those views that some of society held towards the independence of women in the late 1800s can be seen through the character portrayals in "A White Heron." ... With this character and his display of stuffed dead birds, it relates how women were also viewed in this time. ... Her character reminisces about how things were when there were still men around at her place. ... Sylvia the story's main character is shown as a free spirit. She would be considered a round and dynamic personality because throughout the story she is realistically por...

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Similarly, having no concept of reality Puck says to Oberon, "I"ll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes," (II.i.178) and promises to find this flower in that amount of time. ... Nevertheless, their flawless relationship further points out just how dysfunctional and dynamic the love between Oberon and Titania truly is. ... On the other hand, Oberon and Titania seem to have a more dynamic relationship. ... If you will patiently dance in our round and see our moonlight revels, go with us. ... Setting the tone with these two orderly characters (Hippolyta and Theseus), within A M...

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