Clara In Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister

The Character Clara from “Confessions of an ugly stepsister” by Gregory Maguire is a flat, static, indirectly characterized character. Iris is flat because she always cares about Clara. “‘Mama,” says Iris, “you’re not minding your tongue’” (Maguire 113). In this quote we can now about Iris that she is caring about Clara so much. Even she say to her mom that she need to watch her tongue to Clara. She is static because she is always brave and curious person. This show when Iris talk to stranger, “‘Iris, don’t be forward with the gentleman,’ murmurs Margarethe, readying her latest version of woe. Iris ignores her mother. ‘what are you doing?’ she says through the window” (Maguire 17). When clara meet a man, she talk to him even her mother told her not to do and even he was totally stranger.

This is proved when the story states that “‘you little limb of satan, come out; for if you don’t my mother and my sister and I will be thrown from your house for being unhelpful. And yes, my father is dead, and we can’t afford to lose our position here. So if you won’t descend the stairs for your own parents for the sake your future, then do it for me. Am I to be sent back to England there to starve?’” (Maguire 121). In here we can learn that she is very persuasive and insightful person. She using the psychological method to persuade her to come out from the curtains, and she is using her position to persuade Clara. Also she know that Clara’s only joy is Iris so Iris is saying that she will be sent back to England if Clara doesn’t come out to make her come out. Therefore, Iris is flat, static and indirectly characterized