Tham khảo tài liệu 'english to the max_07', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | LITERARY RESPONSE WRITING PROMPTS 833. A type of conflict is called character versus him- or herself. This is also referred to as internal conflict because the character must face self-inflicted fears and problems. Write about this type of conflict using a piece of literature that you have read. Sample 6 Score In many literary works there is a central conflict. Conflict can occur in many ways. There is character versus another character character versus an outside force like nature and internal conflict where characters must battle themselves mentally and emotionally. Often these types of conflicts can occur simultaneously in a literary work. I have chosen to discuss my favorite type of conflict in one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare Hamlet. Internal conflict is the most intricate of all the types of conflict. We may read about characters who must physically defend themselves against other characters. Also there are many characters who have to brave the elements and survive in life-threatening situations. For example Ishmael the narrator and sole survivor in Herman Melville s Moby Dick tells the story of the giant white whale. But the most intense is internal conflict. In Shakespeare s Hamlet a young prince must battle his conscience. Hamlet the main character has recently lost his father. While he is still mourning his mother marries his father s brother Claudius. However Hamlet s father s ghost appears to him and shows him the foul play that surrounded his death. Hamlet learns that his uncle actually murdered his father This is where internal conflict is most present. In one of the most famous Shakespearian lines Hamlet ponders To be or not to be. . . . Hamlet must now decide whether to take action and avenge his father s death or to remain passive. This decision weighs so heavily on his conscience that others notice a drastic change in his behavior. Hamlet must decide if being passive is the equivalent of being a coward. Eventually Hamlet decides to avenge .
