what’s the problem? types of conflict in literature
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What’s the problem?
Types of Conflict in Literature
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Plot: a ReviewPlot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows arrangement of events and actions within a story.
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Plot: Conflict
• Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.
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Characters
• Protagonist: the central character in the conflict
• Antagonist: the force in conflict with the protagonist
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There are two categories of conflict
• Some types of conflict are external or in other words, located outside of the character. You and anyone else can witness the conflict.
• Other types of conflict are internal or in other words, located inside of the character. Usually only the character knows about these.
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The four conflicts
• External Conflicts:
• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Environment
• Character vs. Society
• Internal Conflict:
• Character vs. Self
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Character vs. Character Conflict
• This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. This conflict is external.
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Character vs. Environment Conflict
This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. This conflict is external.
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Character vs. Society Conflict
This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, etc.This conflict is external.
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Character vs. Self Conflict
Also called Internal Conflict
In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict.
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Charlotte Doyle
Chapters 1-2
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Learning Target
• Analyzing quotes to determine conflict
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Assignment• 1. Read the following quotes. For each quote, describe the
conflict.
• “But . . . but that would be all men, Mr. Grummage! And . . . I am a girl. It would be wrong” Page 14
• “What could I do? All my life I had been trained to obey, educated to accept. I could hardly change in a moment.” Page 17
• 2. Reread page 23-24. Charlotte and Zachariah have just met. Describe the possible conflict Charlotte and Zachariah might have.