The character development in this film was incredibly interesting and unique, especially for the time. I did not have dedicated sympathetic feelings for one character throughout the film. One moment I would feel empathy for a character and soon after the character would do something that completely irked me. This was especially the case for Charles.
Charles was a guest in the city and was initially portrayed to be a simple minded, hardworking, well mannered yet somewhat rustic person from a rural area. His relationship with his mother first struck me as a healthy and mannered family bond. However, this perception changed as soon as Charles fell in love with Florence. Who mentions their mother when they first meet a woman who they feel connected to both mentally and physically? Someone who is easily controlled by the people around them, someone without a backbone and wishes to be controlled. Instead of feeling bad for Charles, I began to feel bad for the people who had to be around him. Instead of having his mother tell him what to do, he used studying as something that consumed the entirety of his existence. Since at the end he failed his exam, he lost the sensation of being controlled, which caused him to leave the fate of another human’s life to a 1 and 6 chance. This ultimately showed the weakness of Charles, and left him as someone who may of deserved his fate.
Paul was someone I did not like from the beginning of the film. He was arrogant, spoiled and didn’t understand other’s needs. However, towards the end of the film, I began to feel that Paul actually cared about his cousin and really meant words of encouragement. Deep down Paul did not want to cause any harm to Charles, he simply wanted him to be as happy as he could.
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