Summary: Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Section #2 - Conflict
Conflict is thoroughly used in Something Wicked This Way Comes. External conflict is evident when the author writes ‘’Then the arrow… razored a small vent in the balloon’’ (151). Will punctures the Dust Witch’s balloon which created an external conflict between the two characters. The author does this to imply that the Witch underestimated Will because he had the courage to confront her whereas Jim would´ve previously been the one taking all the risks. In addition, another one of the Dust Witch’s external conflicts would be when Bradbury relays ‘’The Witch pulled back the merest quarter if an inch’’ (228) and ‘’as if some strange but hidden electric light socket, touched with wet whorl, gave a shock.’’ (228). The author

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