Choose one central character and determine what kind of conflict s/he is experiencing. First of all, is it internal or external? Secondly, are there any other types of conflicts at play here (person vs. self, person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society)? Explain your answer and provide an example from the play (meaning a quote).
I will be analyzing Beatrice, as I liked her character a lot.
The conflict Beatrice is experiencing, in my opinion throughout the whole play, is the fact that she is so deeply in love with Benedick. It's an internal struggle. She's fighting against herself, because she doesn't want to be in love with him. She's fighting against Benedick because she's trying to push him away to protect herself (and it also entertains her). She never honestly wanted to never get married, she just was afraid that no one would want to marry her; the same goes to liking Benedick.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 124-6, Beatrice says: "I would rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me." Yet, in Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 267-8, Benedick says: "I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is not that strange?" And then Beatrice, Lines 269-70, says: "As strange as the thing I know not. It were as possible for me to say I love nothing so well as you."
From those quotes, you can see how she has dramatically changed her opinion over the subject throughout the course of the play.
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