Read the excerpt below from the short story “The Bet” by Anton P. Chekhov and answer the question that follows. Among the compan
y was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion, he said: “Capital punishment and life-imprisonment are equally immoral; but if I were offered the choice between them, I would certainly choose the second. It’s better to live somehow than not to live at all.” There ensued a lively discussion. The banker who was then younger and more nervous suddenly lost his temper, banged his fist on the table, and turning to the young lawyer, cried out: “It’s a lie. I bet you two millions you wouldn’t stick in a cell even for five years.” Which type of conflict occurs in the excerpt above? rowdy internal external ironic
In this excerpt there are two young lawyers discussing their opinions about if they would prefer Capital punishment and life-imprisonment, they are discussing what they would choose and if they would really make that choice, this excerpt is narrating an external conflict.
Often stage directions are in italics or parenthesis, so I would go with that. I have seen capital letters but that's rarer, and I would definitely not say bold.
