Similarly, Joyce has constructed Mrs. Mooney as a dynamic character with round qualities for the same reasons. Mrs. Mooney has psychological qualities ("She would give him neither money nor food nor house-room"); a complex personality ("She governed the house cunningly and firmly"); and motivation ("She watched the pair and kept her own counsel."); and she progresses through various stages in the development of her character that begin with her own marriage and liberation and end with her hope that she "wins" and her triumphant announcement: "Mr. Doran wants to speak to you."
In contrast, Mr. Mooney is a minor character and in some senses the antagonist since his harmful interaction with Mrs. Mooney precipitated, or incited, the action. Additionally, though he is a well-described character, he is neither round nor dynamic--his psychology, his personality and his motives are narrowly defined and he is left sitting in the bailiff's office signed up as a sheriff's man waiting for an offer of work.