Conflicts in Movies
Spoiler alert! In the newest movie, Spider-Man fights against Jean Grey in this kind of conflict.
What is Man vs. Man?
The most exciting part of a story where all things come to a head.
What is the climax?
When a character is described as "having a generous heart," they are described as having this kind of trait.
What is a character trait?
People usually think setting just includes the "where" in a story, but it also includes this question too.
What is "when"?
Man vs. Wild is an aptly named reality survival show primarily featuring this kind of conflict.
What is Man vs. Nature?
In the movie AVATAR, the humans arrive to the planet of Pandora with mech suits, guns, and other things the Navi'i have never seen before in this kind of conflict.
What is Man vs. Technology?
The events leading up to the climax that build anticipation and excitement.
What is rising action?
This type of character doesn't necessarily need to be "the good guy" but is considered the main character whose actions drive the plot forward.
What is a protagonist?
In order to keep things fresh and new with the same characters, sometimes a story will do this to its setting.
What is changing the setting?
Main character Eleven in this show struggles against her psychic nature in a classic example of Man vs. Self.
What is Stranger Things?
In the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (while not a Man) fights against how normalized the brutality of the Capitol is in this kind of conflict.
What is Man vs. Society?
After the climax, but before the story ends, the story moves into this part on the plot diagram.
What is falling action?
Traits are the things that describe someone, what kind of trait would "messy hair" be?
What is a physical trait?
The school Seaward Pines from Merci Suárez takes place in what part of the state?
What is South Florida?
In the final season of the show Avatar the Last Airbender, the main character Aang finally faces down the Fire Lord Ozai in this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Man?
In Spider-Man 3, the titular character struggles having found an alien substance that embraces the worst parts of his personality in this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Self?
This part of a story is our first impression of the characters, world, and is the start of everything!
What is the introduction, or beginning?
What is a foil character?
"1800's London" specifies these two parts of setting.
What is "time" and "place"?
This spooky Netflix series about dystopian technology is a premier example of Man vs. Technology.
What is Black Mirror?
The movie 127 Hours follows the true story of a man with his arm trapped in a canyon in Utah and must go to desperate lengths to survive in this kind of conflict.
What is Man vs. Nature?
This is the part where all loose ends are finally tied together and the story ends.
The Conclusion, or Denouement?
Merci Suárez is, of course, the main character of her own story. But in a story told from the perspective of Edna Santos she might be considered this kind of character.
What is an antagonist?
Of the two options between Historical and Contemporary, Merci Suárez takes place in this type of setting.
What is Contemporary?
In the show The Handmaiden's Tale, the government and culture of the world oppress women's rights due to a national crisis in this kind of conflict.
What is Man vs. Society?