internal conflict
psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense: Hamlet's inaction is caused by internal conflict.
mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.
Origin of internal conflict
1- Compare external conflict.
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How to use internal conflict in a sentence
Rick has no internal conflict about what is morally right and what is wrong.
Andrew Lincoln Wants Rick to End With Johnny Cash and the Sunset | Melissa Leon | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the end, internal conflict tore apart the New Jewel Movement.
Remembering The Invasion of Grenada 30 Years On | Michael Ledeen | October 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe essay is about the internal conflict and external cooperation between the first two subjects in the title.
David Foster Wallace, Traditionalist? Considering ‘Both Flesh and Not: Essays’ | David Masciotra | November 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTinternal conflict; but the feeling of the necessity for maintaining his position as Czar is triumphant.
Demetrius | Friedrich SchillerIn the end this internal conflict centred about Leviathan; but in the beginning I believe that it was of an ecclesiastical nature.
Days Off | Henry Van Dyke
At last he said with a quick sigh, as if at the close of an internal conflict, "I will lend you the money!"
A Modern Instance | William Dean HowellsIt was evident that an internal conflict had him in its throes, and his intellect had not as yet come to his aid.
"That ought to be enough, I think," said the Captain, with a degree of irritation that bespoke a long internal conflict.
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James Lever
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