Dynamic characters are characters who undergo substantial changes, typically due to a traumatic or powerful experience. In Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Hugh Wheeler, the character known as Sweeney Todd is undoubtedly a dynamic character; Due in part, heavily, to his tendency to be completely self-motivated and not caring about anyone but himself, ripped away when he discovers he killed his wife. Sweeney Todd at the beginning of the play obviously seems to care about no one except revenge for the supposed murder of his wife. Towards the end of the play, He still has the same primary concern for revenge, no matter the cost. However, at the very end of the play, when he finds out that his wife has died, he cries and shows affection for the first time and lets his guard down, which inevitably leads to her death. Sweeney Todd was a strong, self-motivated character who cared. because no one but himself and his goals, has no respect, has no loyalty, has no worries, and has a broad and narrow vision. His traits are particularly evident throughout the play for some behaviors in particular: he ignores Mrs. Lovett's advances, he risks endangering his daughter with his protégé, his attention is entirely on revenge, he passes by his wife without realizing it. it is his numerous times, and he even kills his wife without realizing it is her. Even though Mrs. Lovett spends much of her time trying to capture Sweeney's love and admiration by sharing all the things she wants to do/share with him; Including telling him she wants to live near a beach and spend her life with him. He shows no interest in anything she has ever said or done. His actions show that he doesn't care about her or her desires. The or...... middle of paper ...... of a dynamic character because after learning that he killed his wife, he lost much of what made him Sweeney Todd: he lost his disrespect for everyone, he no longer had the strong composure that kept him sharp and ready to kill expertly at a moment's notice, he no longer had the level of alertness that had given him the edge in succeeding in his so extravagant massacre of wicked and innocent alike. , and had become susceptible to his human emotions. Sweeney Todd, the angel of his imagination, as the reader knows him, and as he has been represented throughout the work, would never have allowed himself to be surprised by a jester seeking revenge for a love that never existed . The fact that Sweeney died the way he did proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was no longer the Sweeney who had so gracefully ended the lives of so many...