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Internal conflict is a self conflict where a literary character psychologically struggles with their inner conscious.
Ex: John Proctor's inner struggle for not releasing the truth of his affair.
Ex: Mary Warren and her conflict of being scared to go against Abigail.
Ex: Hale struggles to choose a side and say what he wants to say

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External Conflict is a struggle between Man vs. Man or an outside force
For example, in the Crucible John Proctor and Abigail argued over their affair.
Another example would be when Elizabeth argued with Proctor and told him to go to Salem
One more example would be when Putnam and Giles argued over land

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A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
EX) The crucible compares the "witch-hunt" of communists & McCarthyism to actual witch-hunts of the Salem witch trials.

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Dictionary Definition: a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
Our Definition: The overall purpose of the literary work.

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Hysteria- The people of Salem were frightened, from the outbreak of being accused of witch-craft.
Intolerance- Since Salem is a theocratic society, they have no tolerance toward sinning and law breaking.
Reputation- Tremendously important in a theocratic system, where public and private moralities are one and the same. In an environment where reputation plays an important role, the fear of guilt by association where reputation becomes becomes particular pernicious.
(ex. Rev. Parris is worried about is reputation throughout The Crucible )