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   tdot-teacher Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

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   Conflict is defined as the basic opposition of two forces that serves as the basis for literature. It is generally divided into categories such as Human versus Self, Human versus Society, Human versus Human, Human versus the Supernatural. In this play, we have examples of all these types of conflict: Human versus Self (Romeo and his feelings for Rosaline; Juliet and her duty to her parents), Human versus Society (the feud), Human versus Human (Romeo and Tybalt; Capulet and Montegue), Human versus the Supernatural (the role of Fate in the play).

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   Posted by tdot-teacher on Friday October 10, 2008 at 5:11 AM
   
   

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   engtchr5 Teacher
   High School - 10th Grade

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   Think of it this way: any main problem within a story can be called its conflict. In Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets serves as a primary conflict, and its results are fatal. See "tdot teacher's" reply for more specific types of conflict: Character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. nature, etc.

   While other conflicts are present in this story, the family feud is its central pivoting point of contention. Without the dispute between the families, the whole story falls apart. Such is the case with any main conflict in literature; without it, no story would be complete.

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   Posted by engtchr5 on Friday October 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM