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    Romeo and Juliet Conflict

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    The document defines different types of conflicts that can occur in literature and provides a chart summarizing examples of conflicts from Romeo and Juliet. The chart identifies six types of conflicts: 1) Person vs. Person, 2) Person vs. the Supernatural, 3) Person vs. Nature, 4) Person vs. Him/Herself, 5) Person vs. Technology, and 6) Person vs. Society. For each conflict, it provides line references and a brief summary of examples from the play, such as street fights between the Montagues and Capulets, Romeo's dream involving Queen Mab, and Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love due to their feuding families.

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    The document defines different types of conflicts that can occur in literature and provides a chart summarizing examples of conflicts from Romeo and Juliet. The chart identifies six types of conflicts: 1) Person vs. Person, 2) Person vs. the Supernatural, 3) Person vs. Nature, 4) Person vs. Him/Herself, 5) Person vs. Technology, and 6) Person vs. Society. For each conflict, it provides line references and a brief summary of examples from the play, such as street fights between the Montagues and Capulets, Romeo's dream involving Queen Mab, and Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love due to their feuding families.

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    The document defines different types of conflicts that can occur in literature and provides a chart summarizing examples of conflicts from Romeo and Juliet. The chart identifies six types of conflicts: 1) Person vs. Person, 2) Person vs. the Supernatural, 3) Person vs. Nature, 4) Person vs. Him/Herself, 5) Person vs. Technology, and 6) Person vs. Society. For each conflict, it provides line references and a brief summary of examples from the play, such as street fights between the Montagues and Capulets, Romeo's dream involving Queen Mab, and Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love due to their feuding families.

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    Romeo and Juliet Conflict

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    The document defines different types of conflicts that can occur in literature and provides a chart summarizing examples of conflicts from Romeo and Juliet. The chart identifies six types of conflicts: 1) Person vs. Person, 2) Person vs. the Supernatural, 3) Person vs. Nature, 4) Person vs. Him/Herself, 5) Person vs. Technology, and 6) Person vs. Society. For each conflict, it provides line references and a brief summary of examples from the play, such as street fights between the Montagues and Capulets, Romeo's dream involving Queen Mab, and Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love due to their feuding families.

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    The passage discusses different types of conflicts that can occur in literature and provides examples of conflicts from Romeo and Juliet.

    The passage identifies 6 types of conflicts: person vs. person, person vs. the supernatural, person vs. nature, person vs. himself/herself, person vs. technology, and person vs. society.

    In Act 1, there was a street fight between the Montague and Capulet families that started when Sampson bit his thumb at Abram. Romeo was admiring Juliet when Tybalt recognized him and wanted to fight. Capulet stopped Tybalt from fighting Romeo.

    Directions: Define the conflicts listed.

    Then, complete the chart below based on the conflicts that have
    occurred in Romeo and Juliet from the prologue through the end of Act III. Provide line numbers with
    your summary of the conflict. There will be more than one example for some of these. Please cite every
    example that you find.

    Conflict in Romeo and Juliet

    Conflict is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist
    and an antagonist. Conflict can be internal or external.

    1. Person vs. Person – Characters conflicts, whether between heroes and villains or sparring
    lovers.

    2. Person vs. The Supernatural – Conflicts with vampires, werewolves, aliens, and ghosts or
    typically unbelievable, supernatural, or inexplicable phenomena.

    3. Person vs. Nature – A character against some force of nature such as animal or the weather.

    4. Person vs. Him/Herself – A character battling the bad/good side of themselves, or when they
    simply wanted to be a better person.

    5. Person vs. Technology – Conflict between characters and the results of scientific discovery.

    6. Person vs. Society – A character is victimized by society; tradition, an institution, or law.


    Type of Conflict Summary from Text

    1. Person vs. Person  Act 1 Scene 1 lines 43-78


     There was a street fight between
    Montague and Capulet. It started
    with Sampson, from Capulet,
    biting his thumb at Abram, from
    Montague.
     Act 1 Scene 5 lines 61-103
     Romeo was admiring the beauty
    of Juliet when her cousin, Tybalt,
    recognized his voice and wanted
    a fight. Capulet came and
    stopped Tybalt from wanting to
    fight Romeo. The uncle and
    nephew had a little argument.
     Act 3 Scene 1 lines 74-92
     Tybalt came to find Romeo, still
    wanting to fight him. Mercutio
    protect and defend his friend by
    fighting Tybalt for him.
    Unfortunately, Mercutio was
    stabbed by Tybalt and he passed
    away. Then Tybalt left the place
    with his company.
     Act 3 Scene 1 lines 127-137
     When Tybalt came back, Romeo
    charged at him and killed him.
    This was a revenge that Romeo
    made for his friend Mercutio.
    2. Person vs. The Supernatural  Act 1 Scene 4 lines 58-110
     Romeo told Benvolio and
    Mercutio about the dream he
    had last night. Mercutio replied
    by saying the Queen Mab, a fairy
    of dreams, visited Romeo.
    3. Person vs. Nature  Act 2 Scene 2 lines 112-116
     While speaking to each other at
    the garden, Romeo swore by the
    moon and Juliet did not agree.
    She said the moon changes its
    shapes and he did not want their
    love for each other change.
    4. Person vs. Him/Herself  Act 3 Scene 1 line 142
     Romeo called himself ‘Fortune’s
    fool’ after killing Tybalt. He did
    not mean to kill Tybalt for he is
    Juliet’s cousin but after the man
    killed Mercutio, Romeo lost his
    control. He was panic because if
    the Prince caught him, he will
    die.
    5. Person vs. Technology  Act 3 Scene 1
     Both Mercutio and Tybalt were
    killed by swords.

    6. Person vs. Society  Act 1 Scene 1 lines 74-75 / 91-99


     During the fights of Capulet and
    Montague, the citizens of Verona
    were greatly disturbed. Then
    came the Prince explaining to
    them, Capulet and Montague,
    about how the citizens felt
    whenever they fight. He
    threatened to kill them if they
    ever fight again.
     Act 1 Scene 5 lines 131-132 / 152-155
     Romeo and Juliet deemed
    themselves to be doomed after
    knowing that they fell in love
    with each other. He’s a
    Montague and she’s a Capulet,
    both of their families had been
    fighting for years. This means
    that the world won’t allow them
    to be together.

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