AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
- Revise: Conflict and violence
A struggle between characters or groups, such as the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
A struggle between a person and other people or outside forces.
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Paper 1
A struggle between characters or groups, such as the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A struggle between a character and another person, group or outside force.
External conflict intensifies in Act 3 Scene 5 when she refuses to marry Paris. Capulet's command uses three overlapping prohibitions to deny her a voice. His statement suggests an urge to strike her.
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Paper 2
A struggle between people or groups, such as a fight between rival households.
Revise: Conflict and violenceAn important distinction is between external conflict, a struggle between people, and internal conflict, a struggle within someone’s own feelings or loyalties. Romeo’s confrontation with Tybalt is external conflict. Juliet’s struggle to reconcile love for her husband with grief for the cousin he has killed is internal conflict.