mainConflict
P5022
predicate
Indicates the primary opposing force, problem, or struggle that drives tension and narrative progression between entities or sides.
Aliases (7)
- centralConflict ×70
- moralConflict ×5
- primaryConflict ×4
- dramaticConflict ×2
- conflictIssue ×1
- hasCentralConflict ×1
- hasMainConflict ×1
Sample triples (102)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Age of the Titans | struggle between Titans and Olympians ("centralConflict") → |
| American Revolutionary era | American Revolutionary War → |
| Antebellum period | expansion of slavery into western territories → |
| Antebellum period | slavery in the United States → |
| Antebellum period | states' rights versus federal authority → |
| Anung Un Rama | struggles against his demonic destiny ("moralConflict") → |
| Aquaman | preventing war between surface world and Atlantis → |
| Arthur Dimmesdale | duty vs passion ("moralConflict") → |
| Arthur Dimmesdale | public reputation vs private truth ("moralConflict") → |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Batman versus Superman → |
| Behind a Mask | A governess manipulates a wealthy family to secure status and security. ("centralConflict") → |
| Bella Swan | love triangle with Edward Cullen and Jacob Black ("centralConflict") → |
| Beowulf | Beowulf vs Grendel ("centralConflict") → |
| Beowulf | Beowulf vs Grendel's mother ("centralConflict") → |
| Beowulf | Beowulf vs the dragon ("centralConflict") → |
| Billy Costigan | maintaining cover while serving the police ("primaryConflict") → |
| Bleeding Kansas crisis | pro-slavery forces vs. anti-slavery forces ("hasMainConflict") → |
| Breaking Dawn | confrontation between the Cullen family and the Volturi ("centralConflict") → |
| Casino Royale | James Bond vs Le Chiffre ("centralConflict") → |
| Cosmopolis | protagonist versus financial markets ("centralConflict") → |
| Cosmopolis | protagonist versus self ("centralConflict") → |
| Creed II | Adonis Creed fights Viktor Drago → |
| Daisy Miller | Daisy’s behavior versus European social expectations ("centralConflict") → |
| Dawn | whether the protagonist will execute a British officer ("centralConflict") → |
| Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov | struggle with guilt over past actions ("moralConflict") → |
| Doctor Thorne | love versus social expectations ("centralConflict") → |
| Doctor Thorne | marriage versus money ("centralConflict") → |
| Désirée’s Baby | identity and ancestry ("centralConflict") → |
| Désirée’s Baby | racial prejudice within marriage ("centralConflict") → |
| Eleanor Lance | struggle with her own mental state ("centralConflict") → |
| Eleanor Lance | uncertainty about reality of supernatural events ("centralConflict") → |
| Eleven Minutes | tension between physical pleasure and spiritual love ("centralConflict") → |
| Elizabeth Proctor | false accusation of witchcraft ("centralConflict") GENERATED → |
| Elizabeth Proctor | strained marriage with John Proctor ("centralConflict") GENERATED → |
| Foundation and Empire | Foundation versus Galactic Empire ("centralConflict") → |
| Foundation and Empire | Foundation versus the Mule ("centralConflict") → |
| Godzilla vs. Kong | battle between Godzilla and King Kong → |
| Grumman TBF Avenger | World War II ("primaryConflict") → |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban ("centralConflict") → |
| Hellboy | struggles with apocalyptic destiny ("moralConflict") → |
| If Not Higher | tension between outward religiosity and inner devotion ("centralConflict") → |
| Ikwerre people | resource control and oil-related environmental issues ("conflictIssue") → |
| In Evil Hour | escalation of violence triggered by anonymous lampoons ("hasCentralConflict") → |
| Interwar period | Second Italo-Ethiopian War → |
| Interwar period | Sino-Japanese conflict → |
| Interwar period | Spanish Civil War → |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack versus the giant ("centralConflict") → |
| L'innocente | marital infidelity ("centralConflict") → |
| L'innocente | psychological torment ("centralConflict") → |
| Like Water for Chocolate | Tita’s forbidden love for Pedro ("centralConflict") → |
| Lisa | surviving the dangerous events triggered by the game Zathura ("primaryConflict") → |
| Mahabharata | Dynastic struggle between Pandavas and Kauravas ("centralConflict") → |
| Mahabharata | Kurukshetra War ("centralConflict") → |
| Manfred | Manfred’s struggle with his own guilt and desire for oblivion ("centralConflict") → |
| Mao II | tension between writers and terrorists as shapers of public imagination ("centralConflict") → |
| Michael Bluth | keeping the Bluth family and business together ("centralConflict") → |
| Moby Dick (1956 film) | Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for the white whale ("centralConflict") → |
| Moby-Dick | Captain Ahab’s pursuit of the white whale ("centralConflict") → |
| Owens Valley water wars | allocation of surface water to Los Angeles versus local use → |
| Owens Valley water wars | control of Owens River water rights → |
| Pheidippides | financial debt of his household ("primaryConflict") → |
| Regulator Movement | Regulators vs. colonial officials → |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation) | loss of athletic career ("centralConflict") → |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation) | search for self-worth beyond sports ("centralConflict") → |
| Second Foundation | search for the hidden Second Foundation ("centralConflict") → |
| Second Foundation | struggle between the Mule and the Second Foundation ("centralConflict") → |
| Sethe | confrontation with the embodied ghost Beloved ("centralConflict") → |
| Sethe | struggle to live with the memory of infanticide ("centralConflict") → |
| Smiley’s People | George Smiley’s final confrontation with Karla ("centralConflict") → |
| Smutnoye vremya | Polish–Muscovite War → |
| Smutnoye vremya | civil war in Russia → |
| Snow (novel) | individual versus state ("centralConflict") → |
| Snow (novel) | tension between secularism and political Islam ("centralConflict") → |
| Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes | tension between social aspiration and moral compromise ("centralConflict") → |
| Star Wars sequel trilogy | Resistance vs First Order → |
| The Ambassadors | duty versus personal fulfillment ("centralConflict") → |
| The Book Thief | Liesel’s struggle to understand loss and injustice ("centralConflict") → |
| The Browning Version | Crocker-Harris's confrontation with his own failure ("centralConflict") → |
| The Death of Ivan Ilyich | confrontation with the meaninglessness of conventional life ("centralConflict") → |
| The Devil and Miss Prym | a moral dilemma involving murder for gold ("centralConflict") → |
| The Duke's Children | children's romantic choices versus social expectations ("centralConflict") → |
| The Gamester | consequences of compulsive gambling ("centralConflict") → |
| The Golden Bowl | extramarital affair between Prince Amerigo and Charlotte Stant ("centralConflict") → |
| The Handmaid's Tale | individual autonomy versus state control ("centralConflict") → |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | confrontation with the dragon Smaug ("centralConflict") → |
| The Judgment | conflict between son and father ("centralConflict") → |
| The Knight of Maison-Rouge | royalists versus revolutionaries ("centralConflict") → |
| The Magic Sword | rescue of a princess from an evil sorcerer ("centralConflict") → |
| The Old Man and the Sea | Santiago's struggle with a giant marlin ("centralConflict") → |
| The Price | Dispute between two brothers over their father’s legacy and their life choices ("centralConflict") → |
| The Rise of Silas Lapham | Silas Lapham’s moral choices in business and society ("centralConflict") → |
| The Tempest | Prospero vs. his usurping brother Antonio ("centralConflict") → |
| The Thief and the Dogs | protagonist versus self ("centralConflict") → |
| The Thief and the Dogs | protagonist versus society ("centralConflict") → |
| The Trial of God | accusation of God by survivors ("dramaticConflict") → |
| The Trial of God | defense of God’s ways ("dramaticConflict") → |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne | personal duty versus royal authority ("centralConflict") → |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne | power struggle at the court of Louis XIV ("centralConflict") → |
| United States home front during World War II | World War II → |
| Washington Square | conflict between filial duty and romantic desire ("centralConflict") → |
| Washington Square | conflict over inheritance and motives for marriage ("centralConflict") → |
| Wise Blood | Hazel Motes’s struggle to reject and yet be haunted by Christian belief ("centralConflict") → |