The plot of a story moves as a result of the conflicts faced by various
characters.. Read the following passage from Act I, Scene 1, and then
identify the conflict demonstrated in this passage. RUTH hesitates, then
exits. MAMA stands, at last alone in the living room, her plant on the table
before her as the lights start to come down. She looks around at all the
walls and ceilings and suddenly, despite herself, while the children call
below, a great heaving thing rises in her and she puts her fist to her mouth
to stifle it, takes a final desperate look, pulls her coat about her, pats her
hat, and goes out. The lights dim down. The door opens and she comes
back in, grabs her plant, and goes out for the last time.*
External: Character vs. Nature
Internal: Character vs. Self
External: Character vs. Society
External: Character vs. Character