Static And Dynamic Characters In The Iliad

There are clearly static and dynamic characters in the play. A static character, in this vocabulary, is one that does not go through important change in the course of the story, remaining almost basically the same at the end as he or she was at the beginning. An dynamic character, is one that does go through an important change in the course of the story
See John would not leave with Abigail shows that his love for his wife and faith in Godhas grown throughout the play. When the trials first start, John is asked to say hiscommandments and leaves out “thy shall not commit adultery Still at this point he has not admitted to ever having an affair, even though Elizabeth already knows. After Elizabeth commits a crime John becomes without hope to save her. He goes to the court and confesses to his and Abigail's affair in an attempt to …show more content…
He tells of how bad of a person he thinks he is, and of how he now knows that God sees everything one does. This shows how dynamic of a character John is. When he himself is charged with a crime, John is told to sign a paper confessing that he is with the devil. He signs this paper inorder to stay alive, but when he finds out that it will be posted for the whole town to see; he ripsthe paper and yells that he cannot let others see the paper "[b]ecause it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!" He is then taken away to be hanged. His wife sees the change in him, because when she is asked to implore with him she responds, "He have his goodness now God forbid I take it from him”
Elizabeth Proctor is not dynamic like her husband. She does not see the goodness during the play, because she has it from the beginning. Abigail describes her as "a bitter woman, a lying, cold, crying and complaining woman." Although, it is shown that this is the exact opposite of Elizabeth's character. When