ظهرت شخصيه البخيل في العديد من الاعمال الدرامية على مر العصور وفي ثقافات مختلفة وقد ارتبطت شخصيه البخيل غالبا في ظهورها بالملامح الكوميدية ولعل تلك الملامح كانت هي ما جعلها أكثر رواجا لدى الجمهور الذي كان ولا يزال يرى في تصرفات البخيل ماده مثيره للضحك والسخرية، وربما لا يشعر المتفرج تجاه شخصيه البخيل باي نوع من الشفقة تجاه ما يجلبه على نفسه من معانا نتيجة بخله. بيد أنه قد يشعر بنوع من الشفقة تجاه من يحيط بالبخيل من المقربين منه مثل الزوجة او الأبناء هؤلاء الذين يعانون اشد المعاناة من تصرفات البخيل واتباعه الدائم لسياسة خداع من حوله وايهامهم بانه لا يملك اي شيء وانه أكثر الناس احتياجا على الاطلاق ولقد رأينا في شخصيه البخيل في مسرحيه جره الذهب لبلاوتوس نموذجا قد يقترب في ابعاده كثيرا من شخصيه البخيل على مر العصور فلقد عانى كل من حوله من بخله حتى خادمته نفسها بالرغم من امتلاك لجره من الذهب ربما لو استغلها لعاش عيشة الملوك، لكنه البخل الذي يقف حائلا بين الانسان وكرامته وادميته واحساسه بمن يعيشون معه، فتتحول حياته الى مواقف يوميه تثير الضحك والسخرية في قلب وعقل كل من يعرف حقيقته، وتتحول الى معاناة لكل من يعيش معه ولا يدرك ماهيته The miser character has appeared in many dramas throughout the ages in different cultures, and its miser character has often been associated in its appearance with comic features. Perhaps those features were what made it more popular for audience, who was, and still sees in the miser’s behavior a funny and ridiculous subject. In addition, the audience might not feel towards the miser any kind of compassion for the suffering he brings to himself because of his miserliness. However, the audience might feel some kind of compassion towards those who are close to him, such as his wife or children, who are suffering most from the miser’s behavior, and his permanent followers of the policy of deceiving those around him and their illusions that he is the neediest person at all. We have seen in the miser’s character in the Aulularia of Plautus that everyone around him suffered from his miserliness, even his servant herself. In spite of possessing a jar of gold, perhaps if, he exploited it for the livelihood of the kings. However, the stinginess stands between a person and his dignity, humanity, and his sense of those who live with him. His life, then, turns into daily situations that raise laughter and ridicule in the heart and mind of everyone who knows his truth, and turns into suffering for everyone who lives with him and does not realize his ugly truth.