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  2. Conflict (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    One example of the "man against man" conflict is the relationship struggles between the protagonist and the antagonist stepfather in This Boy's Life. [13] Other examples include Dorothy's struggles with the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Tom Sawyer's confrontation with Injun Joe in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. [1]

  3. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    Example: Clytemnestra, Aegisthus, Double Indemnity; Madness. a Madman; a Victim; The Madman goes insane and wrongs the Victim. Example: The Shining (novel) Fatal imprudence. the Imprudent; a Victim or an Object Lost; The Imprudent, by neglect or ignorance, loses the Object Lost or wrongs the Victim. Example: Kris Kelvin and his wife in Solaris ...

  4. Unreliable narrator - Wikipedia

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    Illustration by Gustave Doré of Baron Munchausen's tale of being swallowed by a whale. Tall tales, such as those of the Baron, often feature unreliable narrators.. In literature, film, and other such arts, an unreliable narrator is a narrator who cannot be trusted, one whose credibility is compromised. [1]

  5. Man vs. Technology - Wikipedia

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    "Man vs technology" is a type of conflict in fiction, [1] of which The Terminator and The Matrix are popular examples ... for a list of narrative conflicts ...

  6. Six Characters in Search of an Author - Wikipedia

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    Six Characters in Search of an Author at Standard Ebooks; Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore at Project Gutenberg (In original Italian; Pirandello's revised version) Pirandello, Luigi. "Pirandello Confesses . . .: Why and How He Wrote 'Six Characters in Search of an Author'", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 1925.

  7. The 13 best novels (and 2 best short story collections) of 2023

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    Three contributing critics pick their best fiction of the year, including work by Victor LaValle, Ed Park, Lauren Groff, Yiyun Li and Tania James.

  8. Violence in literature - Wikipedia

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    Shootings, stabbings, and poisonings are few examples of how such character versus other violence – rising from an underlying conflict with the self – can manifest. [ 28 ] [ 1 ] Though character versus nature conflicts tend to present humans as the victims of natural disasters, a variety of dystopian works portrays them as the aggressors in ...

  9. Internal conflict - Wikipedia

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    In narrative, an internal conflict is the struggle occurring within a character's mind. Things such as what the character yearns for, but can't quite reach. As opposed to external conflict, in which a character is grappling some force outside of themself, such as wars or a chain-breaking off a bike, or not being able to get past a roadblock.