Inner Conflict In Michael Gow's Play 'Away'
Essay- Inner Conflict
Conflict is most known for disagreements, fights and wars but the greatest conflict is none of those, it is the conflict that everybody experiences within themselves. Conflict will always be experienced between a person and themselves, whether it is the struggle of making the right choices or the need to accept change around you. Michael Gow’s play, Away, explores the struggle of acceptance within an individual and the ability to make the right choice and avoid conflict. 10 things I hate about you directed by Gil Junger, shows the conflict between acceptance of the truth and the consequences which follow and the need to accept changes and sacrifice. Both of these texts explores the types of conflict one person can have between themselves whether it be the struggle to accept the truth, change, or loss. …show more content…
Gwen and her daughter Meg are always in constant conflict with each other; revealing that Gwen is losing control of her life. As she struggles to maintain her grip on her daughter she tightens her grip on her social status. Her caravan is the symbol for her status, “We’ve got a caravan, everything in it you could want”. The caravan has everything that a normal middle class family would have at their home and shows that Gwen doesn’t want any change on her holiday as her caravan is a replica of her home. Later a storm comes and destroys her caravan thus destroying her status and forcing her into change. Gwen experiences change and is finally able to accept it, she lets go of her grip on her daughter thus resolving her
Conflict is most known for disagreements, fights and wars but the greatest conflict is none of those, it is the conflict that everybody experiences within themselves. Conflict will always be experienced between a person and themselves, whether it is the struggle of making the right choices or the need to accept change around you. Michael Gow’s play, Away, explores the struggle of acceptance within an individual and the ability to make the right choice and avoid conflict. 10 things I hate about you directed by Gil Junger, shows the conflict between acceptance of the truth and the consequences which follow and the need to accept changes and sacrifice. Both of these texts explores the types of conflict one person can have between themselves whether it be the struggle to accept the truth, change, or loss. …show more content…
Gwen and her daughter Meg are always in constant conflict with each other; revealing that Gwen is losing control of her life. As she struggles to maintain her grip on her daughter she tightens her grip on her social status. Her caravan is the symbol for her status, “We’ve got a caravan, everything in it you could want”. The caravan has everything that a normal middle class family would have at their home and shows that Gwen doesn’t want any change on her holiday as her caravan is a replica of her home. Later a storm comes and destroys her caravan thus destroying her status and forcing her into change. Gwen experiences change and is finally able to accept it, she lets go of her grip on her daughter thus resolving her