Types of conflict

Front

The main character clashes with another character. Options:

person vs. person

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person vs. technology

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person vs. self

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person vs. society

Back

person vs. person

Front

The main character resists technological forces.

Back

person vs. technology

Front

The main character fights to endure or overcome forces of nature.

Back

person vs. nature

Front

The main character challenges a law, tradition, or institution.

Back

man vs. society

Front

The main character resists forces that are not of this world.

Back

person vs. supernatural

Front

The main character battles himself/herself. Options:

person vs. person

,

person vs. society

,

person vs. self

,

person vs. supernatural

Back

person vs. self

Front

A literary element involving a struggle between two opposing forces.

Back

conflict

Front

A conflict within the character.

Back

Internal conflict

Front

A conflict between a character and someone or something in the outside world.

Back

External conflict

Front

Examples of Internal Conflict: man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. technology

Back

man vs. self