Question

In "The Bet" by Anton p .chekhov, what kind of conflict does the lawyer face in order to uphold his end of the bet?

Answer 1

I think that the conflict that the lawyer faces is that during his solitary confinment, he has learnt that material goods are not the most important and that in the end, he does not care about the outcome of the debt.

Alternatively, in the early stages of his confinement he is struggling with loneliness, so he has to fight himself not to succumb to it.