Polly Mooney- is a slim girl of nineteen and the daughter of Mrs. Mooney. She stays at home to do housework and helps her mother out. She gets sexually involved with Mr. Doran, an older man, and she has little say in what will happen in the future as she lets her mother take care of the rest. During the story she has an epiphany that she cannot do anything about the situation she is in. She learns that her actions have consequences and she is obliged to marry Mr. Doran. She is a round and dynamic character as we she is central to the conflict and she self evolves.