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“The Most Dangerous Game”

Angela Speach

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What is Conflict?

The dominant tension or main problem in a story; a struggle between opposing forces

Types of Conflict

External Conflicts
There are three types of external conflicts that can exists in a piece of literature.
Man v. Man
The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with others, especially the antagonists
Example: Montressor v. Fortunato in “Cask of Amontillado”
Man. v. Society
The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with society as a whole.
Example: Atticus Finch v. Maycomb County in To Kill a Mockingbird
Man v. Nature
The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with the forces of nature.
Example: Ulrich and Georg in “The Interlopers”

Internal Conflict
Man v. Self
The protagonist in the story experiences some sort of conflict within in his or her conscience.
Example: “Arnold in The Stone Boy” by Gina Berrialt

Conflict Quotes from
Literature
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet”
~ Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
“The world is divided into two kinds of people: the hunger and the hunted. Luckily I am the hunter. Nothing can change that.”
~Sanger Rainsford in “The Most Dangerous Game”