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Dynamic character on the other hand, change their attitude of purpose of behavior as the story progress. We should be careful not to automatically equate
major character as dynamic one or minor character with the static one.
2.2.2 Concept of Conflict
According to Myers 1992 : 268, conflict was associated with anger, aggressiveness, physical and verbal fights and violence, all basically negative feelings
and behaviors. On the other hand, the behavioral view argue that conflict is not necessarily bad. It is natural phenomenon in groups and organization and has
constructive as well as destructive effects. Conflict is also determined as any struggle between any opposing forces.
Usually happen with the main character in which he is struggling with any other forces. This conflict, then, the one that run a story and form the storyline. It is also to
make readers to get involved in the story as the reader feel the struggle that is faced by the main character. Without conflict, a story would be meaningless and without
purpose. A main character who faced a conflict in a story may find that he would deal within a single man, between man, between man and society, and between man and
nature or environment. Kenney,1966:21 Meredith and FitzGerald 1972:27 in Nurgiyantoro states that conflict refers
to the understanding of unpleasant things occurs or experienced by the characters of
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the story, and if those characters have freedom to choose, surely they will not choose for being such kind of characters.
In order to analyze the conflict that is happen in the story The Spectacles 1844 written by Edgar Allan Poe, the writer use definition of Conflict purpose by
Myers 1992.
2.3 Theoretical Framework
Theoretical framework describes the literature theory applied in this writing. The theory of conflict that is used to analyze what kind of conflict faced by the main
character is proposed by Myers in his book A Laboratory Approach 1992. While analyzing the source of conflict and manage the conflict that is faced by the main
character is using the theory proposed by Deetz and Stevenson 1986 in their book entitled Managing Interpersonal Communication.
2.3.1 Theory of Conflict
Conflict is considered as natural in our life. Conflict is necessary because conflict can stimulate innovative thinking when it is managed in the right way.
Lacking conflict, thoughts and actions are performed because they are habitual. Conflict allows an examination of the necessity of these thoughts and actions. The
third assumption points out that people find out easier to live with unresolved misunderstanding than facing the fact that fundamental differences do exist, they
demand recognition and appreciate management Deetz Stevenson, 1986
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Conflict also become a natural part of daily communication. According to Myers 1992 : 268, conflict associated with anger, aggressiveness, physical and
verbal fights and violence, all basically negative feelings and behaviors. On the other hand, behavioral views argue that conflict is not necessarily bad. It is natural part of
an organization that has both constructive and destructive effects.
1. Internal Conflict Internal Conflict is one of the basic form of confrontation that is faced by
the characters in the literature, and also later on will giving impact to the character as the result of the
characters’ decision. The characters were forced to faced two or more option inside their mind. These options often
different in every aspect and they have to choose one of them. The one that is usually faced Internal Conflict usually main character. This internal
conflict is important in later on concluding the story in the end as the result of the decision made by the ma
in character. The main character’s inner conflict can be what he thinks, what he wants, and what he really
wants. Inner conflict may be difficult when the main character find it really hard to choose between one options to another.
2. External Conflict
