Wednesday, February 6, 2013

What is the conflict in "The Open Window" and why?

The conflict of the story is both internal and external. Nuttel has been set to the country in order to settle his nerves. Internally, he is unstable. When Vera discovers this, she begins to challenge him externally by making up a story about the death of the husband in order to scare Nuttel when the husband returns. Nuttel is so frightened when he sees the husband that he bolts from the room, Internally, his nerves cannot stand the shock. Externally, Vera has been successful in scaring Nuttle and thereby getting him Nuttel to leave.

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