The Conflict Of Conflict In The Play Beauty

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When people think of reading a play they think of it having a lot of conflict. Without conflict, people have a boring play to read. People may wonder what a conflict is. Conflict is a struggle between opposing characters. When we read a play, we like to see the characters having a difficult time and we also like to see how the characters get out of the complicated situation. Conflict is what makes the drama in a play that everybody likes. The play, Beauty, is a great example of how the conflict is revealed and developed.
The play Beauty has an outward conflict because each character is envious of the other. Carla is an attractive but unsuccessful model and Bethany is an intelligent accountant who succeeds in writing short stories but is unsatisfied with her appearance. Carla wishes she was intelligent and Bethany wants to be attractive, so the boys will notice her. It’s funny because neither girl appreciates what she already has, but both want what the other has. Carla, who is beautiful, has frequent dates that she cannot even remember the names of:

CARLA. In love with me? Yo...

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