Mrs. Maloney: A Dynamic Character

Do you ever wonder what a character is labeled when she is first seen to be a loving housewife and later is found murdering their husband with a frozen lamb leg? Mrs. Maloney, an expecting mother is thought to be a loving wife. However, she later murdered her husband when he told her he wanted to divorce. Mrs. Maloney would be called a dynamic character she changed when her husband initiated divorce. A dynamic character is a character that undergoes an internal change in which they change their values, thoughts or beliefs. In this essay, we will discover why Mrs. Maloney was a dynamic character by reviewing her thoughts and actions before killing her husband; when she went to the store and coming home, and lastly when she realized the crime she committed and was determined to get rid of the evidence. …show more content…
Maloney was murdered. Mrs. Maloney is thought to be a quite normal housewife that has nothing to do except wait for her husband to come home. However, when her husband gets home she could tell something was odd because he “lifted his and drank it down in one swallow although there was still half of it left” he then, “went to get himself another drink. When he came back, she noticed that the new drink was a very strong one.” It was then that Mary noticed that something was wrong. When he finally said “I’ve thought about about it a good deal and I’ve decided that the only thing to tell you immediately,” he then told her that he wanted to divorce her. At first, Mary thought that it wasn’t reality, that she just imagined it, but it wasn’t. Without any hesitation, she killed Patrick and changed from a loving housewife to a somewhat crazed widow. My belief is that she was thinking ‘If I can’t have him than no one can.’ This resulted her in having to create an albi, so of course she had to go the