A dynamic character has
to undergo some kind of fundamental and permanent change throughout the course of the story.
Desiree may be quite saddened by Armand's behaviorobviously she feels that she cannot go on
livingbut an emotional response that is in keeping with who she was early in the story really
doesn't qualify as a change. Desiree is "beautiful and gentle, affectionate and
sincere" from beginning to end.
Armand, however, does undergo such a
change, making him the only dynamic character in the story. When he first sees Desiree, his
passion "swept along like an avalanche, or like a prairie fire, or like anything that
drives headlong over all obstacles." It would seem that his feelings for Desiree cannot be
altered by anything. When reminded of her "obscure origin," Armand "looked into
her eyes and did not care." Marriage and, then, fatherhood "softened Armand Aubigny's
imperious and exacting nature greatly."
However, as his son's skin
begins to darken, he changes yet again. He...
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