English

Conflict types.

Definition

The categories of struggle that drive a story's plot. The main types are character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. society, character vs. nature, character vs. technology, and character vs. fate or the supernatural.

Examples

Real-world.

  • 1 Character vs. character: Harry Potter vs. Voldemort
  • 2 Character vs. self: Hamlet's internal debate about whether to take action
  • 3 Character vs. society: Atticus Finch challenging racial injustice in To Kill a Mockingbird
Studied in

1 unit use this concept.