Baroness Dilemma

The conflict is exemplified very well throughout the story. The major conflict in the story was about the two main characters which are Joe Kanty and Spunk Banks, who are both in love with the same woman Lena. The story starts by stating Spunk walking around with Lena on his arms, not caring who sees him. “A giant of a brown-skinned man sauntered up the one street of the village and onto the palmetto thickets with a small pretty woman clinging lovingly to his arm.” (Hurston, 1925, 502).This quote shows him as an assertive man who does not care what people thinks of him. The people see Joe as weak and scary. A conflict aroused when Joe decided that he was going to confront Spunk to get his wife back. “ Didn’t he meet Spunk an’ Lena face to face one day las’ week an’ mumble sumthin’ to Spunk ‘bout lettin’ his wife alone?” (Hurston, 1925, 503). Joe is very upset and jealous that he lost his wife to Spunk. In the story the author wrote, “Ah like him fine but tain’t right the way he carries on wid Lena Kanty, jus’ ‘cause Joe’s timid ‘bout fightin’.” (Hurston, 1925, 503). The author showed that Joe was prepared to challenge Spunk and take back what belongs to him. Spunk and Joe fought for the love of Lena. Joe ends up getting killed with a gun by Spunk trying to get his wife back. “Well, Spunk announced calmly, Joe came out there wid a meat axe an’ made me kill him.”(Hurston, 1925,

Conflict is a key aspect in all pieces of literature. Without it, works would be very boring, predictable and would not be able to draw the reader in. There is usually one main conflict the protagonist faces, whether it is against an evil villain or the evil inside their own self. In the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the courageous protagonist, Lily, struggles with an internal conflict with the guilt of possibly being the cause of her mother's death and the absence of knowledge about her mother. Following a clue left by her mother, Lily runs away from home and meets the "calendar sisters" in Tiburon, SC. There, she is finally able to discover who her mother actually was and learn the truth behind her mother's death: that Lily had accidentally shot her. Upon uncovering the whole truth, Lily is finally able to begin to forgive herself and shrug off the heavy guilt that had burdened her for years. Through Lily's struggle to figure out who her mother was and accept what happened to her, Sue Monk Kidd wishes to communicate that even if something

It is difficult to isolate the play’s conflict to anything other than on a thematic level. Every time a conflict has a potential of presenting itself, the fantasy element

the inner conflict of Connie, the protagonist of the book. The source of that struggle is her

In the story there are 3 types of conflict, Person vs. Self, Person vs. Society and Person vs. Person. Person vs. Self would come in when Carolee had to decide what she was gonna do. Would she call the police or help the person or just leave well alone. Person vs. Society would be the police force against the suspect. Finally Person vs. Person would be when the suspect shot the other police officer and when he was getting shot at.

The distinctive ethics that define each character, end up dividing all to highlight the vast differences between them. The

* Lady Macbeth is the reason of his corruption however in the end it is completely his choice whether he is to commit a murder or not.

Your response to any justification offered by the characters in the book for their actions or considered actions

You may think that MacBeth is one hundred percent guilty and should receive a heavy punishment for his actions. But, have you ever considered the possibility that he may not have been responsible for them? Because he should not be held responsible for something he had no control over. I would like to point out that it was the Weird Sisters who told him prophesies which he then believed. It was his wife, Lady MacBeth, who pressured and convinced him to go through with the killings. And tell me, would any sane person commit the amount of crimes that MacBeth has? He has a mental condition that makes him go insane and start seeing things that are not actually there. These hallucinations are just one of the many causes that contribute to his

• What is the setting (time and place)? How does it factor into the interactions of the characters?

12. Man versus self and man versus nature are both relevant conflicts in the story. Billy is extremely torn when his dogs die, demonstrating man versus self and he hunts coons throughout the entire book, demonstrating man versus nature.

or truthful to Elizbeth, he still cared for her and would rather himself die then an innocent woman

8. Name some sentences/quotes within the text the could be considered important to meaning/moral of the story.

However the consequences drive Lady Macbeth insane, to the point in which she commits suicide. This development shows that she is completely overpowered by the sense of guilt and remorse. On the other hand, Macbeth overcomes the guilt he was plagued by earlier on in the play.

In the beginning, Lady Macbeth is set to make her husband king, even if it means killing the current one. As soon as she finds out about Macbeth's encounter with the three weird sisters, she immediately starts to plan the murder. She then questions Macbeth's courage of executing the murder. She calls upon the spirits to give her energy to go ahead and carry out the plan.