Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 13 AIL 1239 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Conflict in Drama
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The idea
Conflict is the opposition that drives a play, whether between characters, between a character and a circumstance, or inside one person. The glossary has no headword. Hamlet's act three speech is the third kind, a man arguing with himself while holding a sword.
In practice
Between people, against fate, or within.
Where people slip
The glossary omits this term too.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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