ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the play, Hamlet is worried about life and death, and it is this apprehension that makes him a dynamic character. The greatest fear of Hamlet is the afterlife, which is quite understandable, because his father’s Ghost comes out of purgatory and tells him about the horror and terror awaiting there.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, for example, the character of Hamlet is dynamic because his attitudes and actions at the end of the play stand in direct contrast to those at the play’s beginning; in the same work, Polonius is static because his character is consistent and does not change.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anakin Skywalker. His transformation from Jedi knight to Sith lord is a great example of a dynamic character undergoing inner change that is negative-during his progression, he loses his “good guy” qualities and becomes an antagonist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet is melancholy, bitter, and cynical, full of hatred for his uncle’s scheming and disgust for his mother’s sexuality. A reflective and thoughtful young man who has studied at the University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts.

Detailed explanation-5: -A dynamic character is one who changes and evolves throughout the story. Often the protagonists of the novel, dynamic characters end the story as different people than they were at its beginning.