1. External vs. Internal Conflict
External Conflict takes place outside of the body
Internal
Internal Conflict takes place inside of the body/mind

2. There are different types of external conflict

3. External Person vs. Person
The most straightforward type of conflict pits the protagonist directly against another character with apparently opposing aims.

4. Person vs. Nature External
This type of conflict pits a story's main character or characters against a natural force such as a flood, predatory animal, or disease epidemic.

5. External Person vs. Society
In many stories, the protagonist battles an unjust element of government or culture.

6. There is one type of internal conflict

7. Internal Person vs. Self
Some literary conflicts take the form of a character struggling to overcome fear, addiction, emotional damage or other crippling personal issue.

8. Practice
Decide what type of conflict is being illustrated in the following pictures

9. 1. Person vs. ?

10. 1. Person vs. Nature

11. 2. Person vs. ?

12. 2. Person vs. Person

13. 3. Person vs. ?

14. 3. Person vs. Society

15. 4. Person vs. ?

16. 4. Person vs. Self

17. - “The Minister’s Black Veil”
5. Person vs. ?
“’No,’ said she aloud, and smiling, ‘there is nothing terrible in this piece of crape, except that it hides a face which I am always glad to look upon. Come, good sir, let the sun shine from behind the cloud. First lay aside your black veil: then tell me why you put it on.’”
- “The Minister’s Black Veil”

18. - “The Minister’s Black Veil”
5. Person vs. Person
“’No,’ said she aloud, and smiling, ‘there is nothing terrible in this piece of crape, except that it hides a face which I am always glad to look upon. Come, good sir, let the sun shine from behind the cloud. First lay aside your black veil: then tell me why you put it on.’”
- “The Minister’s Black Veil”

19. - “The Minister’s Black Veil”
6. Person vs. ?
“It grieved him, to the very depth of his kind heart, to observe how the children fled from his approach, breaking up their merriest sports, while his melancholy figure was yet afar off. Their instinctive dread caused him to feel more strongly than aught else, that a preternatural horror was interwoven with the threads of the black crape.”
- “The Minister’s Black Veil”

20. - “The Minister’s Black Veil”
6. Person vs. Self
“It grieved him, to the very depth of his kind heart, to observe how the children fled from his approach, breaking up their merriest sports, while his melancholy figure was yet afar off. Their instinctive dread caused him to feel more strongly than aught else, that a preternatural horror was interwoven with the threads of the black crape.”
- “The Minister’s Black Veil”

21. - “The Minister’s Black Veil”
7. Person vs. ?
“But with the multitude, good Mr. Hooper was irreparably a bugbear. He could not walk the street with any peace of mind, so conscious was he that the gentle and timid would turn aside to avoid him, and that others would make it a point of hardihood to throw themselves in his way.”
- “The Minister’s Black Veil”

22. - “The Minister’s Black Veil”
7. Person vs. Society
“But with the multitude, good Mr. Hooper was irreparably a bugbear. He could not walk the street with any peace of mind, so conscious was he that the gentle and timid would turn aside to avoid him, and that others would make it a point of hardihood to throw themselves in his way.”
- “The Minister’s Black Veil”

23. Paragraph prompt: due 09/28/18
Internal and external conflicts result in the development of the characters in The Crucible. In a well-written paragraph, analyze how conflict has led to the change/development of one major character throughout the first half of the play, including how the conflict changes that character’s motivations.
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24. Paragraph structure
Claim
Evidence (cite)
Clarify & Connect
Conclusion