Character Development In Mrs. Sappleton's Open Window

In this short story we can see character development grow rapidly and then we get to see a story within the story to tell us some background to further the character development. The story really goes into the theme of deception, deception is when what we are showed is not really what happened. We see a lot of character development with Mrs. Sappleton and how Fremont Nettle has remembered her and how he wonders how she has been. We see deception used the most towards the end of the short story when we see a figure walking up to the open window. With this short story Open Window we see a lot of character development mostly with the use of Mrs. Sappleton's story and we see deception after the end of that story and what come to seem like her husband returning the characters in the story are given a lot of background so you can feel what their emotions are.
We can see character development as the short story begins it is important for character development to first create a sort of mystery to cause intrigue so that the reader …show more content…
Sappleton and about her husband and child and what happened to them.This is where the audience is told about the open window. By the niece telling you this tale we are given this character development about Mrs.Sappleton and we are to feel bad about what happened and to feel empathy. This character development is important to feel sadness towards Mrs. Sappletonon and by doing that now the audience is now emotionally involved to the short story. This is a good way to use character development because when we feel sadness we are intrigued to know what happens to the person who has a tragedy happen to them in this case Mrs. Sappleton. The use of deception is also used with the story of Mrs. Sappleton at the end of her story talking about a man walking towards the open window although it is deception we are driven to think that it is her